[Verse 1: Yelping new-wave male lead, wired and urgent] Two-fifteen, the whistle blows at Hollis Packing Fifteen minutes and the can line stops its clacking Out the side door past the dumpsters to the wire There she is in Bright Water blue with goggles in her hair Same fifteen minutes on the other side of the fence Chain-link diamonds on her face, she's leaning on the air I slide her chips through the gap underneath She slides me a lemon soda and a grin with all her teeth [Pre-Chorus: Yelping new-wave male lead, climbing] Fifteen minutes is a lifetime if you spend it right Fifteen minutes and the whole world's made of light [Chorus: Yelping new-wave male lead, yelping] Clock out with me, the whistle's on our side Fifteen minutes through the wire is a lifetime Two plants, one fence, and a gate we never tried Clock out with me, the whistle's on our side [Verse 2: Yelping new-wave male lead, faster] Fifty weeks of talking through a fence in every weather Rain and sleet and August, and we never stood together So I walk into the office with my hat in my hand Take a dollar off the hour, I'm a Bright Water man Monday morning, blue shirt, badge on, through her gate Find her spot on the bottling line and I can barely wait Foreman says, she's gone, son, she put in for a switch She's on the can line at Hollis, and I'm standing in the ditch [Chorus: Yelping new-wave male lead, yelping] Clock out with me, the whistle's on our side Fifteen minutes through the wire is a lifetime Two plants, one fence, and a gate we never tried Clock out with me, the whistle's on our side [Bridge: Yelping new-wave male lead, shift whistle, both plant whistles blowing at once] Two-fifteen Two whistles Two-fifteen Run [Verse 3: Yelping new-wave male lead, laughing and out of breath] Out the side door of the bottling plant and to the wire There she is in a Hollis shirt, her cheeks are on fire Wrong sides, both of us, we're laughing through the steel Gave up a dollar each for the same fence, what a deal So we walk down to the corner where the fence posts end There's a gap nobody fixed, and we're through it like a friend Fifteen minutes turns to twenty, turns to never going back Two shirts in a trash can by the railroad track [Final Chorus: Yelping new-wave male lead, yelping] Clock out with me, the whistle's on our side Fifteen minutes through the wire is a lifetime Two plants, one fence, and a gate we never tried Clock out with me, the whistle's on our side [End]
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