Night Shift Lyrics

Staring out my window every night
As I’d watch you go
Wave goodbye and you’d get in the car
I wouldn’t see you till tomorrow
A little girl waiting up
To watch her dad leave for the night shift
A funny story now from years ago
Long before I’d have to know
All the troubles that a life can bring
All the things that I was far too young to see
Spin in my head and they keep me up
Is this what life is all about?

No one said that it was hard getting older
No one tells you all the right ways to go wrong
No one said that things could change so suddenly
Now I’m the one waking up to find
The right way to the wrong place
The right way to the wrong place

I walk home alone most nights
On a path of city lights
Step after step and I count each line
Tell myself that I am just like you
Gave me your eyes and a reason to smile
And a life I can’t forget

No one said that it was hard getting older
No one tells you all the right ways to go wrong
No one said that things can change so suddenly
Now I’m the one waking up to find
The right way to the wrong place
The right way to the wrong place

Staring out my window every night
At city lights and shadows in between
It’s a maze, it’s a game we play
Growing old, it makes me sick
I walk alone on an empty path
Full on things that I will never find
Knowing that there’s such a long way left
Close my eyes and see it all
The headlights shine as you pull away
I come back to the window
Still the same little girl
Watching her dad leave for the night shift