Shoft Change

Five fifty-nine. You got a minute? Not even close. Coffee cups and cigarettes Sun ain't even coming up yet Bakery truck on the avenue Everybody's got a job to do Road crew pulling out the signs Some poor bastard's running out of time Traffic building at the county line And we're laughing at the morning sky! They got their ties They got their trains We got the thunder Still running through our veins! SHIFT CHANGE! HERE COMES THE DAY! LET THE WHOLE WORLD IN WHILE WE'RE ROLLING AWAY! SHIFT CHANGE! PASS IT DOWN THE LINE! THEY CAN HAVE THE MORNING! WE ALREADY OWNED THE NIGHT! Six-oh-five and the coffee's cold Every radio's playing the same damn song Got a yellow light blinking on the dashboard And a backseat full of things we can't afford Some guy honking in a business suit Late for a meeting in his polished boots He's yelling something, waving both hands I give a little wave, he don't understand! CLOCK IN! CLOCK OUT! WHAT'S ALL THE NOISE ABOUT? CLOCK IN! CLOCK OUT! TURN THAT DAMN THING UP! There's a funny little moment When the night becomes the day And a million tired strangers Start to move the other way They got places they must get to They got people they must see We got nowhere in particular And that's good enough for me! Sunlight on the windshield Gold across the road Everybody's waking up And we're still letting go So... We going home? Eventually. SIX! OH! NINE! WE'RE STILL ALIVE! SHIFT CHANGE! HERE COMES THE DAY! LET THE WHOLE WORLD IN WHILE WE'RE ROLLING AWAY! SHIFT CHANGE! PASS IT DOWN THE LINE! THEY CAN HAVE THE MORNING! WE ALREADY OWNED THE NIGHT! CLOCK IN! CLOCK OUT! WE AIN'T FINISHED YET! THEY CAN HAVE THE MORNING! WE OWNED THE NIGHT!