Five o'clock, fade away the shadowsnLeaving by the window or the doornAnd they're laughingnLaughing at you anywaynThey're laughingnLaughing at you every daynnI understood before I knewnI realized everything that was holding younLaughing...nnSix o'clock, walking in the lamplightnSlow poison from the tiny little woundnAnd they're laughingnLaughing at you anywaynAnd they're laughingnLaughing at you every daynnOnce, I saw what I'd becomena useless garment that wouldn't suit anyonennI understood before I knewnI realized I'd spend my life coming back to younLaughing at younLaughing at younnEight o'clock, in the building of the mirrorsnRecoil from my elongated twinnAnd he's laughingnHe's laughing at me anywaynYeah he's laughingnLaughing at me every daynnThen, I thought the whole thing outnCrystallized by my hopes and by your doubtsnLaughing, laughing, laughing, laughingnnTwelve o'clock, and the perfect endingnLove potion sure gave me strange dreamsnAnd I'm laughingnLaughing at you anywaynAnd you're laughingnLaughing at me every daynnI understood before I knewnI realized I'd spend my life coming back to you