Better Man - Pearl Jam:
Waitin’, watchin’ the clock, it’s four o’clock, it’s got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over…
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over
Talking in Your Sleep - Crystal Gayle:
Three o’clock in the mornin’**
And it looks like it’s gonna be
Another sleepless night*
“The French Inhaler”-Warren Zevon
Loneliness and frustration
We both came down with an acute case
When the lights came up at two I caught a glimpse of you
And your face looked like something
Death brought with him in his suitcase
“Excitable Boy”-Warren Zevon
He took in the four a.m. show at the Clark
Excitable boy, they all said
3 O’Clock Blues by B.B. King
'Leven Thirty Saturday Night recorded by many, here by Arthur Schutt and His Orchestra
'Long About Midnight by Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra
Midnight Special recorded by many, here by Leadbelly
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, here by St. Peter’s Choir
‘Afterhours’ - Sisters of Mercy
Two o’clock in the morning
94 degrees
“I get up at 7 yeah and I go to work at 9”… Working Man, Rush.
“Well, he was awake at 6 and on the bus at 8. He was at work at 9 and ate lunch at 12. Home at 5. TV at 7. And he was back in bed at 11. He was an ordinary guy. He was an ordinary guy. He was an ordinary guy. Until lately”… Until Lately, Dream Syndicate.
“I get up around 7, get outta bed around 9…” Guns n Roses, Mr. Brownstone
Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Taking Care Of Business
“You get up every morning
From your alarm clock’s warning
Take the 8:15 into the city”
Black Sabbath, Tomorrow’s Dream:
“Well I’m leaving tomorrow at daybreak
Catch the fastest train around nine…”
Electric Light Orchestra, Last Train to London:
It was 9:29, 9:29, back street, big city
The sun was going down, there was music all around, it felt so right
“Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)” The Mamas and the Papas
Couple more country ones:
"I Ain’t Never" –Webb Pierce
You call me up and say “Meet me at nine”
I have to hurry hurry but I’m there on time
I walk right up and knock on your door
The landlord says “She ain’t here no more”
I Can’t Go Home Like This –Ray Price
Well my baby told me when I left home
She said “I’ll give you your last warning
You better be home by a quarter to eight
I don’t mean tomorrow morning”
Bob Dylan, “Talkin’ World War III Blues”
Well the whole thing started at three o’clock fast,
It was all over by a quarter past…
“Red Sails in the Sunset”
The Frank Sinatra one, talking to the bartender early in the morning
Banana Boat Song (“day be-light and I wanna go home”
After Midnight Eric Clapton
After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang down. After midnight, we’re gonna chug -a-lug and shout. We’re gonna stimulate some action; We’re gonna get some …
There is also a song called “Faron Young”, by Prefab Sprout, which has the chorus line “I’ve got Faron Young at four in the morning.”
See post #12. It is not really Eric Clapton’s song, it is J.J. Cales’s. He did it first and better.
My bad
Early morning, and daylight, aren’t “a time of day.”