Telling Time to the Nearest Minute Lyrics

Stretch out the hour hand

See where on the clock it lands

The last number it went by

Is the number five

Stretch out the minute hand

See where on the clock it lands

Each line equals one minute

So the time is five o' six

Every number the hour hand goes by

Represents one hour of time

Count the minutes out of sixty

And you'll be telling time with me

Stretch out the hour hand

See where on the clock it lands

Nine's the last number it went by

So the hour hand points to nine

Stretch out the minute hand

See where on the clock it lands

It's pointing right at the five

So the time is nine twenty five

Every number the hour hand goes by

Represents one hour of time

Then count the minutes out of sixty

And you'll be telling time with me

Stretch out the hour hand

See where on the clock it lands

The hour hand last passed the eight

So the hour of time is eight

Stretch out the minute hand

See where on the clock it lands

It points to four precisely

So the time is eight twenty

Every number the hour hand goes by

Represents one hour of time

Then count the minutes out of sixty

And you'll be telling time with me

The hour hand is shorter always

It goes around the clock twice each day

The first time round is AM

The second time it's called PM

AM starts at midnight's moon

And continues until noon

So we call noon twelve PM

And it goes till twelve AM

Every number the hour hand goes by

Represents one hour of time

Then count the minutes out of sixty

And you'll be telling time with me

We count five, ten, fifteen, twenty

Twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty

Forty-five, fifty, fifty-five, sixty

Minutes on each clock we see

We count five, ten, fifteen, twenty

Twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty

Forty-five, fifty, fifty-five, sixty

Minutes on each clock we see

Every number the hour hand goes by

Represents one hour of time

Then count the minutes out of sixty

And you'll be telling time with me