The ticking of a clock gets me out of my seat
I'm been keeping time ever since I was a kid
I'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I can
Smoked-staked lightning had me crawling across the floor
I'm gonna play the blues whenever I can
Instead of sleep, how it looks instead
I'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I can
I'm her cross cut saw before I was four
Yeah, yeah
I'm rhythm machine, he knows what I mean, oh
I'm a music man, I play the blues whenever I can
I'm a rhythm machine, don't you know what I mean
I'm a music machine, don't you know what I mean
I got time, running through my head in bed
I'm a music man, yeah
Yeah, yeah, I'm a music man
The beach ball didn't get me but that son-in-law did
Oh, yeah, yeah, play it for kings and queens
Hey, play the blues then
I get a flat back beat, instead of food when I eat
I'm a rhythm machine, you know what I mean
I'm a rhythm machine, I'm a rhythm machine
