17:00 Somewhere
"17:00 Somewhere" is perhaps Josh's most well known song, It was recorded in Nashville at the Cowboy Arms Hotel and Recording Spa in April of 2024 near the end of the Michael Quinn Era. It is a cover of "It's Five O' Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett, with Josh changing the lyrics and title referencing the time "Five O' Clock" changed to 17:00, since Josh's anti-American beliefs include being against the use of a 12 hour clock, preferring military time, or as he calls it, "metric time."
Lyrics[1]
The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow
An' so am I
Work day passes like molasses in wintertime
But it's July
I'm gettin' paid by the hour, an' older by the minute
My boss just pushed me over the limit
I'd like to call him somethin'
I think I'll just call it a day
[Chorus]
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
It's 1700 somewhere
[Verse 2]
Well, this lunch break, it's gonna take all afternoon
An' half the night
Tomorrow, I know there will be hell to pay
Hey, but that's alright
I'm livin' paycheck to paycheck for the whole year
My Nashville vacation's gonna start right here
If the phone’s for me
You can tell 'em I just sailed away
[Chorus]
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
It's 1700 somewhere
[Bridge]
I could pay off my tab, pour myself in a cab
An' be back to work before two
And a moment like this, you can't help wonder
"What would Joshua Block do?"
[Chorus]
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a "Hurricane" before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
Oh, I don't care
It's 1700 somewhere
[Outro]
What time zone am I in? What country am I in?
It doesn't matter, it's 1700 somewhere
I'm livin' paycheck to paycheck
I'll sue your ass
It's 1700 in New York, it's 1700 in Miami
It's 1700 in Nashville
It's 1700 somewhere