I wakened on my hot hard bed Upon the pillow lay my head Beneath the pillow I could hear My little watch was ticking clear I thought the throbbing of it went Like my continual discontent I thought it said with every tick I am so sick, so sick Oh, death, come quick Come quick, come quick Come quick, come quick I lay upon my dampened bed The rhythm throbbing through my head I reached around but couldn't find Awatch at all of any kind And sweat was beading on my brow The ticking growing louder now I heard it say with every tick I am so sick, so sick Oh, death, come quick Come quick, come quick Come quick, come quick With groping hands along the wall I felt beneath the bed and all And every timepiece ever made Was in my head and there they stayed And as my eyes drew closed again I slipped into oblivion And still I heard with every tick I am so sick, so sick Oh, death, come quick Come quick, come quick Come quick, come quick Come quick, come quick