Lyrics Uncle Tupelo

Uncle Tupelo

Graveyard Shift

Hometown, same town blues same old walls closin' in

Oh what a life a mess can be

I'm sittin' here thinkin' of you, won't you give

A few thoughts to me

Well, time won't wait, better open the gate

Get up and start what needs to be done

It's windin' down, there's much you missed

Workin' on that graveyard shift

Well, I'm not sayin' there's nothin' wrong as the day comes along

What I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away, powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away

Some say a land of paradise

Some say a land of pain

Well, which side are you lookin' from

Some people have it all and some wanna gain

Well a man in a tie gonna

Break his twenty dollar bill

There's plenty of reasons in this world

Move along or stand and still

But I'm not sayin' there's nothin' wrong as the day comes along

What I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away, powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away

There's too much time spent looking for a reason

It's the simple ones that beat the most truth

Oh, what a life a mess can be, I'm sittin' here thinkin' of you

Won't you give a few thoughts to me?

Well, time won't wait, better open the gate

Get up and start what needs to be done

It's runnin' down, there's much you missed

Workin' on that graveyard shift

But I'm not sayin' there's nothin' wrong as the day comes along

What I see is true I could learn to believe

Can't look away, powers that be might take it all away

Together we burn, together we burn away