I wakened on my hot hard bed, upon the pillow lay my head.
Beneath the pillow I could hear my little watch was ticking clear.
I thought the throbbing of it went like my continual discontent.
I thought it said with every tick:
I am so sick, so sick;
Oh death come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick,
Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick.
I lay upon my dampened bed, the rhytm throbbing through my head,
I reached around but couldn't find a watch at all of any kind.
And swear was beading on my brow, the ticking growing louder now,
I heard it say with every tick,
I am so sick, so sick;
Oh death come quick, come quick, come quick,
Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick.
With groping bands along the wall, I felt the bed beneath, and all
And every timepiece ever made was in my head and there they stayed.
And as my eyes drew closed again I slipped into oblivion.
And still I heard with every tick,
I am so sick, so sick;
Oh death come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick,
Come quick, come quick, come quick, come quick.