You're sitting at your desk

The report's due in by three

And it's ten past now, but for heaven's sake

It's still about time for tea

Or your wife or husband's left you

Taking kids, furniture and the keys

Well, pull yourself together, keep calm, carry on

Take time out for tea

A superhero saves the world

From a fiendish villain's spree

Needs to get back to the batcave

Where Alfred's got the tea

A captain on the ocean

Hits an iceberg and might freeze

But before he mans the lifeboat

Well, there's still time for tea!

Its a very good English custom

Though the weather be cold or hot

If you need a little pick-up

Pour a little teacup

It'll always hit the spot

For the soldiers may be fighting

In the trenches or a battleship at sea

But there isn't any war when the clock strikes four

Everything stops for tea!

One... two... three... four: everything stops for tea!

One... two... three... four: everything stops for tea!

One... two... three... four: everything stops for tea!

One... two... three... four: everything stops for tea!

This truly mighty empire

Wasn't built in an afternoon

'Cause we had to stop for muffins and stuffed buttered crumpets

And a fresh pot brewed for two

Gameskeeper or a poacher

Whether lord or the cleaner of the loo

Whether rich or poor, when the clock strikes four

You know just what to do!

When Queen Vic ran the country

She was grumpy then, my friend

Just a little bit of puff and a pot of brown stuff

And it picked her up again

If your life is filled with hardships

Well, that's awful, poor old you

But you'll always have me and you'll always have tea

So come on and pour that brew!

It's a very good English custom

Though the weather be cold or hot

If you need a little pick-up

Pour a little teacup

It'll always hit the spot

For the soldiers may be fighting

In the trenches or a battleship at sea

But there isn't any war when the clock strikes four

Everything stops for tea!