Punch Clock Serenade
[Intro] Six AM and the world ain’t right Coffee tastes like brake dust tonight Steel toe shuffle on a cold concrete floor And I already miss my front door [Verse 1] Fluorescent sunrise overhead Forklift echoes rattlin’ my head Clock-in screen glows blue and green Like the meanest movie I’ve ever seen Everybody says, “Mornin’, man” Nobody’s really awake yet then Just ghosts in hoodies movin’ slow Dreamin’ ‘bout quittin’ time [Pre-Chorus] I just got here five minutes ago How’s it feel this long already though? [Chorus] Sing me a punch clock serenade A countdown rhythm gettin’ me through the day Every pallet, every beep, every break room sigh Just another mile ‘til freedom tonight Ohhh, I’m holdin’ on Till the parking lot headlights turn back on Yeah my whole heart’s somewhere else instead Sing me that punch clock serenade [Verse 2] Safety vest hangin’ half off me Radio says there’s a truck at three Printer jam and the scanner froze And nobody knows where inventory goes Microwave hum in the break room air Somebody asleep in a folding chair Outside the sunrise finally showed But I’d rather see my neighborhood road [Pre-Chorus] Every hour crawls like a train uphill And lunch break somehow stands still [Chorus] Sing me a punch clock serenade A tired man’s anthem keepin’ me awake Every pallet, every beep, every worn-out joke Gets me one step closer to finally home Ohhh, I’m holdin’ on Till the dashboard glow starts leadin’ me on Yeah my whole heart’s somewhere else instead Sing me that punch clock serenade [Bridge] And maybe someday I’ll laugh about this The busted docks and the coffee bitterness But right now all I really know Is I wanna hear that whistle blow [Final Chorus] Sing me a punch clock serenade One more shift and I’ll escape To a little porch light waitin’ on me Like the last true place I wanna be Ohhh, I’m holdin’ on Till the tires hum that sweet night song Yeah my whole heart’s somewhere else instead Sing me that punch clock serenade [Outro] Clock in… clock out… Dreamin’ all day about the ride back home…
