They Might Be Giants - Four of Two lyrics

Underneath a big clock at the corner
Of Fifth Avenue and 22nd street
I stood and waited for a girl I knew
At the spot where we agreed to meet
It was four minutes of two

At four of two I stood waiting for the girl
I was four minutes early for
The date we had planned
I was planning to say I was in love with her
Just as soon as she showed
For a two o'clock date
And the clock said four of two

At four of two I was staring into space
She was not yet late according to the clock
I was feeling nervous so I kept looking up
At the clock sticking out of
The side of the building
And it still said four of two

At four of two I began to feel tired
And I rubbed my eyes and
Again I checked the time
It seemed as if the sky was growing dark
But, I felt reassured when I
Looked at the clock
And it still said four of two

I lay my head down on the sidewalk so in case
She were coming I would have a better view
But no one was there so I stretched out
And closed my eyes for a second or two
It was four minutes of two

At once I awoke to a futuristic world
There were flying cars and
Gigantic metal bugs
I'd grown a beard, it was long and white
But, I knew that the girl
Would be coming very soon
For though everything had changed there
Was still that clock
And it still said four of two