Tic Tic Tic (The Geiger Counter Song)

Written for: My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Lyric: Ralph Blane
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1949
Original publisher: Harms, Inc.

Verse:

Oh, give me your attention,
There's been a new invention;
It isn't any larger than an adding machine.
It's only fair to mention,
Though it's a new invention;
It's one that you have heard about, but few have ever seen.
It doesn't do division and it doesn't multiply;
It doesn't want to be a bird, it doesn't try to fly.
It came about because they made a big atomic bomb.
The Geiger Counter's clicking
And because of all its ticking,
I know where the idea came from.

Chorus 1:

I tic, tic, tic, why do I tic, tic?
What amazing trick makes me tic, tic, tic?
I tic, tic, tic, an electric tic
When I feel a realistic tic.
You're such an attractive chick,
You give me a radioactive kick;
It's distractive the way you stick,
But love, love makes me tic.
I tic, tic, tic, and my heart beats quick,
How can anything go wrong?
When I'm list'nin' to that Geiger Counter song,
I tic, tic all day long.

Chorus 2:

I tic, tic, tic, why do I tic, tic?
What amazing trick makes me tic, tic, tic, tic, tic?
I tic, tic, tic, an electric tic
When I feel a realistic tic.
The butcher and the baker tics,
So does the maker of candlesticks;
Lawyers have their politics,
But love, love makes 'em tic.
So, tic, tic, tic, let your heart tic, tic,
How can anything go wrong?
If you're list'nin' to that Geiger Counter song,
You'll tic, tic all day long.

Patter:

Like the butcher and baker tics,
Like the candlestick-maker tics;
Like the doctor and the lawyer tics,
Even though he's mixed up in his politics.
Like the merchant and the Indian chief tic, tics,
Like the poor and like the rich man tic, tic, tics;
Like the diggin' a ditch man,
The butter and egg man,
A poor wooden leg man;
The beggar and thief!
They all found out what it's all about,
When it's love you can't be wrong,
Better listen to that Geiger Counter song,
And tic, tic all day long.
Tic, tic, tic, tic,
Tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic,
Tic, tic, tic, tic, tic, tic,
Tic.