The Swing Shift

from Workin' on the Swing Shift by The Emergency Room

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Saturday night at the factory
The boss was shooting craps with our fate
Someone said, “The market value’s starting to climb”
As the late shift showed up late
Looked like I was gonna make it home on time
Until the Swing Shift locked the gate
Workin' on the Swing Shift
I’m a lucky man (HE'S A LUCKY, HE'S A LUCKY MAN"
Workin' on the Swing Shift
You put your life in their hands (YOU PUT YOUR LIFE, YOU PUT YOUR LIFE IN THEIR HANDS")
And you don’t wanna be on the other side
When the Swing Shift make a stand

Well, The Mexican foreman said, “You no gonna work?
Why you put your head in the noose?” (“WHY WHY WHY”)
I cried, “Why you wanna sacrifice yourself for that jerk?
The train’s supposed to pull the caboose!” (“WHOO WHOO WHOO”)
We were barricaded in the boiler room
Till the Swing Shift busted us loose
Workin' on the Swing Shift
I’m a lucky man
Workin' on the Swing Shift
You put your life in their hands
And you don’t wanna be on the other side
When the Swing Shift make a stand

It must’ve been early this morning
But it felt like very late last night (“LATE LAST, LATE LAST NIGHT”)
Big Charlie showed up without any warning
Tried to knock us out of the fight (“OUT OF THE FIGHT”)
We had the union recruiter (“RECRUITER”)
Charlie had his six-shooter (“SIX-SHOOTER”)
But the Swing Shift put out the light (“PUT OUT THE LIGHT”)
Workin' on the Swing Shift
I’m a lucky man
Workin' on the Swing Shift
You put your life in their hands
And you don’t wanna be on the other side
When the Swing Shift make a stand
...
He's been workin' on the Swing Shift a long, long time
WE BEEN WORKIN' ON THE SWING SHIFT A LONG, LONG TIME

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from Workin' on the Swing Shift, released November 29, 2019
Thanks to Kei Patrick for super harmony vocals!

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