Schedule A Callouts

[Verse 1] I came up on callouts By the hour and the storm Coffee in a thermos Laptop on the tailgate warm Kept the bridge lights honest Kept the old rigs fed Answered every midnight Till the midnight lived in my head [Chorus] Put it in Schedule A Put it in Schedule A Defined hours, clear routes Put it in Schedule A Put it in Schedule A Reduced interruption environment Don’t call after supper unless the bridge gave way [Verse 2] They gave me forms and language Like a fence with a key Operating limits And a note that said “please” Accommodation on paper A clean little line Turned out the owner’s manual For this human frame of mine [Chorus] Put it in Schedule A Put it in Schedule A Defined escalation pathway Put it in Schedule A Put it in Schedule A Graceful degradation Don’t call after supper unless the bridge gave way [Bridge] I thought boundaries meant failure Like a post leaning wrong But a span needs its pilings To keep standing strong A load-bearing promise Not a retreat, not a plea If my name’s on the drawing let me hold the damn pencil That’s how you keep the whole thing free [Final Chorus] Put it in Schedule A Put it in Schedule A Defined hours, clear routes Put it in Schedule A Put it in Schedule A Reduced interruption environment Graceful degradation, and the bridge still stays Put it in Schedule A Put it in Schedule A Don’t call after supper unless the bridge gave way