TICK TICK TICK  
Robert Mitchum - 1957


What a confusion
A fellow lost his watch in the railroad station
What a confusion
A fellow lost his watch in the railroad station
A sagga girl named Dimelda was suspected of being a burglar
She had no purse, no pocket in her clothes
But where she hid the watch only goodness knows
And they were hearing

(Chorus)
Tick, tick, tick, everybody looking
Tick, tick, tick, seeing how they’re searching
Tick tick, tick, that’s all they’re hearing
But they couldn’t find out where the watch was hiding

Under suspicion, they took her down to the police station
And sent for the matron
Who examined all the clothes that she had on
The matron examined with care
She even make her pull down her long hair
She searched and she could’nt search no more
But the watch was ticking louder than before
And they’re hearing

(Chorus)

The matron hit on an idea that she could find the watch around somewhere
She said she had an incentive
She could find the watch if given privilege

To divest Dimelda entirely                     
And search her as if she was crazy
The search was such, so they decide
That the matron turn Dimelda’s inside outside
I’m hearing

(Chorus)

Confusion now in the station
They made the searching by inspiration
The watch ticking louder and louder
And the matron moving up closer
The matron is convinced, there’s no doubt
She push her hand up inside Dimelda’s mouth
And do you know her idea came true
When she found the watch it was ten to two

(Chorus)