Damn I hope no one dies on this night shift tonight

Always lit up like a Roman candle

Everybody comes in like they're looking for a fight

I'll have to tell his family as he rides off to Heaven

Then twenty minutes later I'm drinking my coffee down at the Seven Eleven

I'm working

Yeah I'm working

All these truckers out here drive with one hand on the wheel and a cell phone to their ear

Apologizing for something they missed or can't get to I'm sorry to my dear

Yeah but that's the way it goes and we sure need the money

This life of ours is far from perfect aren’t it honey

But I'm working

Baby I'm working

So make the kids do their homework before you put them to bed

And there's dinner in the fridge make sure everybody gets fed

And I know I won't get to see you before you leave for your day

I guess it's the only time that we get to say 'I love you'

Baby I love you

Show the last kids on the school bus as I lay me down to sleep

And I keep hurrying and worrying and wondering and praying

For all my soul can keep

I know I couldn't do it if you weren't there

There'd be no home to come home to no reason to care

So I just had to call you before I faded away

I guess it's the only time that we get to say 'I love you'

Baby I love you

I love you

I love you

Damn I hope no one dies on this night shift tonight