Graveyard Shift

The only way to make a livin' round here

Is down there on the loading dock

My daddy done it for 35 years

And old is all he ever got

Guess I was meant to follow in his footsteps

Just like an assembly line

But it's amazing how long the nights get

When I'm working on the graveyard shift

Yes I'm working on the graveyard shift

Wishin' I could give someone a piece of my mind

There must be somethin' better than this

Bein' buried alive where the sun never shines

Workin' on the graveyard shift

I've got some plans about leaving this place

Made 'em back in '79

But come next August I'll be up for a raise

Maybe even get off the line

So every mornin' over coffee at Denny's

Starin out at I-95

I cuss the part of my soul that keeps sending me

Down there on the graveyard shift

Yes I'm working on the graveyard shift

Wishing I could give someone a piece of my mind

There must be somethin' better than this

Being buried alive where the sun never shines

Working on the graveyard shift

There'll be a better day

I know I'll find a way

That's what we learn to say

Working on the graveyard shift

Wishing I could give someone a piece of my mind

There must be somethin' better than this

Being buried alive where the sun never shines

Working on the graveyard shift

Yes I'm working on the graveyard shift

Wishing I could give someone a piece of my mind

There must be something better than this

Being buried alive where the sun never shines

Working on the graveyard shift

Yes I'm working, whoa-o

Wishing I could give someone a piece of my mind

There must be something better than this

Being buried alive where the sun never shines

Working on the graveyard shift