Assembly Line

Punched in just about 5:00

Ratchet in my left and a flat-head in my right

Hopin' that I'll hear about a raise by the end of the week

Just a hundred and thirty-two steps

Makin' machines out a steel and sweat

Over and over again like a record that's on repeat

And it's all manufactured time

When you're on the assembly line

Buildin' products made to sell

Movin' on a conveyor belt

And it's a job for a diligent heart

And I'm just one of a thousand parts

You might think I've got it rough, but I don't mind workin' on the assembly line

All day in steel-toed boots

Vacation days that I'll never use

There's a rumor going 'round that's got nothin' to do with me

Charlie swears he's gonna quit

Put his two weeks in and that's it

He's been talkin' that way since the summer of '93

And it's all manufactured time

When you're on the assembly line

Buildin' products made to sell

Moving'on a conveyor belt

And it's a job for a diligent heart

And I'm just one of a thousand parts

You might think I've got it rough, but I don't mind workin' on the assembly line

And it's all manufactured time

When you're on the assembly line

Buildin' products made to sell

Movin' on a conveyor belt

And it's a job for a diligent heart

And I'm just one of a thousand parts

You might think I've got it rough but I don't mind

It ain't a job for everyone, but it's mine workin' on the assembly line

On the assembly line

Clocked out about 5:00 p.m

Wake up in the mornin', do it all again