Night Shift
(lyrics & music by Terry Platz ©2003)

Can’t move, I’m a ton of bricks
Need a loader for my head
Last night the boy was sick, had a turnstile for a bed
I’m spinnin’ and I’m dizzy and my eyes are fire truck red
The sun is risin’ through a tunnel so I think I must be dead

Comin’ off the Night Shift, Night Shift, Night Shift
No overtime, no double time, no pay
Comin’ off the Night Shift, Night Shift, Night Shift
How’m I gonna make it through this day

Red lights are startin’ to flash for reasons I don’t know
The temp is in the danger zone and the head’s about to blow
I’m diggin’ but I’m buried when I try to get ahead
If I don’t find some energy, I’ll wish that I was dead

No cash and I’ve run out of gas
I got fourteen years to go
My rig and me are stranded and we’re waitin’ for a tow
My pistons are a-sputterin’, my wheels have lost their tread
I tried to jump my battery but I think the thing is dead