The cuckoo's clock ticking
Will never ever be the same
The cuckoo bird's leaving
Who knows what could be his claim
He used to abide by the laws of time and precision
Never missing a cue every other hour
He had a twenty-four seven long-term job
He had a very very very tiresome job
Cuckoo cuckoo cuckoo
The cuckoo's fleeing his tic-tac work
His duty he will shirk
Leaving the Swiss house vacant
The cuckoo's fleeing his tic-tac work
His duty he will shirk
Leaving the wood clock empty
They have since been looking for another bird
So the story goes with something quite unheard
Only a long-legged bird came to fit the shoes
Of the fleeing cuckoo, it was all over the news