Close The World At Five (narration) Lyrics - Jimmy Buffett

Well as I'm talking to you now, it's 5: 11 on the 24th of June 

Here in Sag Harbour, New York 

where I'm in the studio, winding up the Mobile years portions of 

Buried Treasure 

What a trip this has been for me and I hope for you when you hear it 

But let's just say that 5 'o clock seems to be 

a very popular time of day in my world 

There is not a show that goes by when we're on the road 

that we're not having a time check 

Not a sound check, a time check 

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For 5 'o clock was on my mind, years before Alan Jackson called me 

in 2003 with the idea of an anthem dedicated 

to quitting time around the world 

Now Close the world at 5, was written in 1969 

And I think it had something to do with the fact that in those days 

i was actually working a 9 to 5 job before I went to my night job 

at the Admiral's Corner 

when you keep hours like that, as Willie Nelson says 

Time will slip away 

Time has never really been figured out, although Einstein came close 

But, it certainly has been a great source of inspiration for writers 

since the beginning of time 

Whether you write lines about losing it, 

stopping it, travelling forward or backward in it, 

or just wanting a cocktail at quitting time 

Time does not stop 

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We can't ever really close the world at 5 

but I think it helps to be able to think that you can 

So let's think about it, 

Here's the last song on the Mobile section of Buried Treasure 

And a fitting song to end it, Close the world at 5