Lyrics:
I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis (tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
(For the last time)
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman?
I've been beaming aboard her for a light year
From a strange craft
She's got a subtle touch on the silver key
To a clockwork heart
I am your robot, I am your robot
I am your robot, man
I am your robot, I am your robot
I am your robot, man
You went and flipped the switch and turned me positive
When I was negative
I've been stumbling around like a metal man
On the graveyard shift
I am your robot, and I'm programmed to love you
My serial number is 44357
I work the graveyard shift - stay up all night long
You'll wake up someday
And find your good gal gone
If you don't treat your baby right
She'll come see me
Some lonely night
When the sun goes down
And the moon is gone
That's when I come around
Don't you think I won't
On the graveyard shift, stay up all night long
You'll wake up someday
And your good gal gone
I drive a Cadillac, rides just like a dream
All the pretty gals
Want to ride with me
'Cause I got what all the women want
I never say I do
When I really don't
One night when I was out ridin'
The graveyard shift, midnight till dawn
The moon was bright, as a readin' light
With a letter from an old friend back home
And he asked me, "Why do you ride for your money?
Step by step
Rattle through the night
Don't look now
There's no end in sight
Step by step
Moving on, through the graveyard shift
No way out
That's the truth, 'bout the size of it
Inch by inch
Shuffle through the heat
Stay in time
Don't you miss a beat
Inch by inch
Stay in line never dance alone
Stand close
Holding on to a bag of bones
Worming your way into my life
Little by little we're getting too tight
Taking me over and stealing my soul
Oh oh, stealing my soul
Step by step
Step by step
It's gonna be a long one, another graveyard shift
As he says goodbye to his wife and kids
He spent his life just like his dad's
Driving away under the weight of the badge
He's seen it all in his fifteen years
Watching our backs, facing our fears
Lord knows it ain't no easy task
Keeping us safe under the weight of the badge
He swore that oath to protect and serve
Pours his heart and soul into both those words
Lays his life on the line
The line he walks is razor fine
Tempered strength is always tough
But he ain't gonna buckle
Under the weight of the badge
Not that long ago he woke up in the hospital
With his wife and kids praying by his bed
He said, "I'm gonna be alright, there's just sometimes you gotta fight"
And the truth is nothing truer could be said
I do it for us and I do it for them
And I ain't gonna buckle under the weight of the badge
It doesn't weigh a lot until you put it on
And the weight of it is staggering
Then duty calls each time
He knows he's got to answer
And it's all in the handling the weight
Oh, the heavy weight of the badge
And he ain't gonna buckle
Under the weight of the badge
No, he ain't gonna buckle
Under the weight of the badge
I work the graveyard shift, stay up all night long
You'll wake up someday
And find your good gal gone
If you don't treat your baby right
She'll come see me
Some lonely night
When the sun goes down
And the moon is gone
That's when I come around
Don't you think I won't
On the graveyard shift, stay up all night long
You'll wake up someday
And your good gal gone
I drive a Cadillac, rides just like a dream
All the pretty gals
Wanna ride with me
(‘Cause) I got what all the women want
I never say I do
When I really don't
Jack my brake at the traffic stop
Interstate lookin' like a parkin' lot
Fat boy flying on a fat boy bike
Weavin' in and out and passin' me by
I honked my horn and shot the bird at that crazy SOB
Even if deep down I was wishin' it was me
But if I had one I'd have to say
I'd probably do the same dang thing
Pull her to the shoulder and let that steel horse run
I'd be hell on wheels if I had one
Called my brother said how you been
We ain't been fishin' since I don't know when
He said this graveyard shift's a graveyard grind
I got more bills than I got time
I'd love to weigh the line but my wife'll just stay on my case
I said I guess I know who wears
The pants around your place
But if I had one I'd have to say
I'd probably do the same dang thing
Stay at home holdin' my baby when the workday's done
Yeah I'd try to keep her happy if I had one
Sittin' on a barstool talkin' to a lady
She's runnin' my tab up callin' me baby
Buy her a drink she'll let you chase her
Watch her shake her money maker
But if I had one I'd have to say
I'd probably shake it the same dang way
Hike it up high so I could get it some
I'd never buy another beer if I had one
You know things would be different if I had one
That's what I'd do, if I had one of those
I'd do it just like that, right, there
Thing's would be different if I had one too
But I don't
But if I had one
Yeah, buddy Oh, buddy
I have this thing where I get older
But just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people
I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis (Tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day, I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
(For the last time)
It's me, hi i'm the problem, it's me
At teatime, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun
But never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting
For the anti hero
Sometimes, I feel like everybody
Is a sexy baby and I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out
Slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism
I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman?
The Earth keeps on shaking but I'm standing still
The chances I'm taking against my will
When we made it to the top we watched it fall, couldn't stop
But everything you leave behind catches up in another time
So just pull over to the side of the road
This is where I get off
This is where I move on
I know where I went wrong along the way
Along the way
Walking out on the boys was never the plan
We drifted off course couldn't strike up the band
We'd been working the graveyard shift, I wonder do you catch my drift
This was trouble in the making, but it's a risk well worth taking
So just pull over to the side of the road
This is where I get off
This is where I move on
I know where I went wrong along the way, oh
This is where I get off
This ain't where I belong
Somebody done me wrong, along the way
Along the way
So just pull over to the side of the road
This is where I get off
This is where I move on
I know where I went wrong along the way
This is where I get off
This ain't where I belong
Somebody done me wrong
Along the way, along the way
Along the way, along the way
Along the way
on the graveyard shift (paaarty)
Paaaaaaaaarty (oh yeah! alright now) on the graveyard shift
(you don't have to slave)
You don't have to slave too hard (oh!)
I had a dream last night, Lord it wasn't me
I dreamed the only woman I ever loved
People, turned her back on me
Let me tell you little more about the dream
I dream of working a graveyard shift
For the long nights a week
When I left home my baby's in bed
My baby, she was fast asleep
When I'm done sick of my job
And I had to go home
And when I got there my bed was empty
My baby she was gone
It couldn't let this worry
It all happened in my sleep
All the things that has been so bad
And I don't want you from seven to seven next weekend
And that's why, that's why, that's why I had a dream
Lord, that's worrying me
She's the only woman I ever loved, people
She's turned her back on me
Baby, don't you know I had a dream last night
Don't you know that worries me
You know I had a dream last night
I had a dream, you were worrying me
Just pick the way I was going people, yeah
Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up with a slap or a kiss
There must be something better than this
'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse
What do we have to do to send
The river in reverse
Every man a crawling kingsnake
Every girl a half a heartbreak
Every woman sold into shame
To any son without a name
Are your arms too weak to lift?
Another shovel on the graveyard shift
Here comes the flood if you catch my drift
Where the things that they promised are not a gift
If man falls through the mirror of a lake
They fish him out quick and they call him a fake
Give him all the temptations he can take
Tie him up high 'til his bones break
Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up with a slap or a kiss
There must be something better than this
'Cos I don't see how it can get much worse
What do we have to do to send
The river in reverse
I thought I heard somebody laugh
Look out your window
They're chasing shadows in the dark
They're counting widows
I felt a sliver of glass
Saw a cross in splinters
I felt the truce of spring
Dig me out of the trench of winter
So count your blessings when they ask permission
To govern with money and superstition
They tell you it's all for your own protection
'Til you fear your own reflection
But the times are passing from illumination
Like bodies falling from a constellation
An uncivil war divides the nation
So erase the tape on that final ape running down creation
Running down creation
Wake me up
Wake me up
Wake me up with a slap or a kiss
There must be something better than this
Wake me up
Wake me up with a slap or a kiss
There must be something better than this
I barely get to the graveyard shift on time
After pulling another grueling 9 to 5
I live from credit card to check
The paper money's whirling by
And I hardly just
Just barely only just survive
I'm living on the edge
Reality is teetering
My mind is on the brink
How will I face the day tomorrow
If I can't make it through today
I've got nothing left to lose but my sanity
And the right to go insane
I've got nothing left to lose but my mind
I've got nothing left to choose
So I think I'll go insane
My stomach aches
Insufficient funds
My cheeks are gaunt
And my guts are overdrawn
My head pounds
Starvation's giving me the shakes
Too much squalor
Too much pressure
Now I'm getting pissed
I'm living on the edge
Reality is teetering
My mind is on the brink
How will I face the day tomorrow
If I can't make it through today
I've got nothing left to lose but my sanity
And the right to go insane
I've got nothing left to lose but my mind
I've got nothing left to choose
So I think I'll go insane
Forbidden fruit
That's the route that you'd better not take
Forbidden fruit
Just watch out for the sign of the snake
Little brother got caught in the web
He ran off to join the living dead
Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill
He sold his soul just for a thrill
Forbidden fruit
In hot pursuit out on a limb
Forbidden fruit
Your whole world is closing in
You got the picture but missed the drift
About me workin' the graveyard shift
I never went in for no burglary
But there's a stranger inside of me
Forbidden fruit
Don't you shoot the whole works away
Forbidden fruit
It's too high of a price to pay
How can you hear with a bad connection?
Forbidden fruit
That's the route that you'd better not take
Forbidden fruit
Just watch out for the sign of the snake
You got the picture but missed the drift
About me workin' the graveyard shift
I never went in for no burglary
But there's a stranger inside of me
Forbidden fruit
Don't you shoot the whole works away
Forbidden fruit
It's too high of a price to pay
Little brother got caught in the web
He ran off and joined the living dead
Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill
He sold his soul just for a thrill
Forbidden fruit
In hot pursuit out on a limb
Forbidden fruit
Your whole world is closing in
How can you hear with a bad connection?
There's a rockin' time on the borderline
Between sundown and up
There's an off-the-wall cantina, man
Just waitin' to tear you up
The locals know that in you go
And out con nalgas fried
Night descends, and the fun begins
Way out the other side
But, I didn't say it
Oh, no
Vincent Price said it's alright
Vincent Price said it's OK
There's a very cherry charmer
Oozin' groovin' grease
She come in with the graveyard shift
A pleasin' teasin' squeeze
El jeffe [sic] holler mucho mas
Get some sucker's ass inside
I think you'll know you gotta go
To get some satisfy
But, I didn't say it
Oh, no
Vincent Price said it's alright
Vincent Price said it's OK
I've dined at Spago and Eclipse
And Whataburger too
I've had Mescal with lotsa gals
Along 5th Avenue
I always shot the best they got
Dinero no problema
Ain't no quarter south-the-border
In this off the wall cantina
But, I didn't say it
Oh, no
Vincent Price said it's alright
VIncent Price said it's ok
Vincent, Vincent Price said it's alright
Vincent Price said it's OK
While I was out a-ridin'
The graveyard shift midnight till dawn
The moon was as bright as a reading light
For a letter from an old friend back home
(chorus)
she asked me
Why does he ride for his money?
I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis (tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming (for the last time)
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting, always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman?
I been workin' graveyard shifts eight days and no breaks
This ain't livin', somethin's missing
Friday night the weekend's here, it's right on time
I'm gonna miss ya, with somethin' different
Ain't no time to waste, it's gettin' late
Let's show them what we can do
My work is done, weekend's just for fun
Get out of your seat, let's move
What y'all came to do?
While I was out a-ridin'
The graveyard shift midnight till dawn
The moon was as bright as a reading light
For a letter from an old friend back home
[Chorus]
He asked me
Why do you ride for your money?
I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis (tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
(For the last time)
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman?
Tight slack-clad girls on the graveyard shift
'Neath the cement stroll, catch the midnight drift
Cigar chewing Charlie in the newspaper nest
Grifting hot horse tips on who's running the best
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
And the moon's a silver slipper, it's pouring champagne stars
And Broadway's like a serpent pulling shiny top-down cars
Larimer is teeming with that undulating beat
As some Bonneville is screaming its way wilder down the street
And I'm blinded by the neon
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
Hearts flutter and race, the moon's on the wane
Tarts mutter their dream hopes the night will ordain
Come schemers and dancers, cherry delight
As a Cleveland-bound Greyhound, and it cuts through the night
And I've hawked all my yesterdays
Don't try and change my tune
'Cause I thought I heard a saxophone
I'm drunk on the moon
The coffins are open
The bars closing down
It's time for the encore
There's no one around
The boys have no money
The girls have no tits
The umps have no speakers
But who gives a shit
When you're dealing with the graveyard shift
The sandman's stoic
The light man's blind
Were playing our balls off
The tapes in rewind
The truck drivers screaming
The truck guy's been robbed
The groupies are leaving
And everyone's sauced
When you're doing the graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
The bartender's laughing
At the size of our crowd
The cockroach is booing
The parents are proud
The roadies are whining
They never get laid
The club owner's drooling
We never get paid
When we're doing the graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
The coffins are closing
The suns coming round
The rhinos are sleeping
The leads coming down
The milkman arising
The manager quit
The lawyers are suing
It's the start of a hit
When you're doing the graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
Graveyard shift
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