Runnin' down the interstate   Coffee drippin' down my leg   Every day I'm runnin' late   Gettin' slapped around by the hands of time      Next lane there's a pick-up   A girl puttin' on her make-up   Her cellular phone's startin' to break up   She's gettin' slapped around by the hands of time      Everybody's runnin' a little late like me   The whole world's runnin' behind   Can't seem to get where we need to be   Gettin' slapped around by the hands of time      Here comes a carpool   Mama's got her hands full   Six kids all late for school   Gettin' slapped around by the hands of time      Just passed the governor's motorcade   Must've had a flat tire on the way   I guess everybody's got to wait   When you're slapped around by the hands of time      Everybody's runnin' a little late like me   The whole world's runnin' behind   Can't seem to get where we need to be   Gettin' slapped around by the hands of time      Well, everybody's runnin' a little late like me   The whole world's runnin' behind   Can't seem to get where we need to be   Gettin' slapped around by the hands of time