Night Shift Gold

Night Shift Gold

Coffee ring on a platinum plaque
City sleeps beneath the glass
Everybody sees the rooftop pictures
Nobody sees the hours that passed
I still set alarms at midnight
Still eat dinner at two
Success changed the view outside me
Did not change the work I do

The lights look expensive
The tired feels the same

Night Shift Gold, I earned it in the dark
Night Shift Gold, every quiet hour left a mark
The skyline changed, the alarm clock didn't
Night Shift Gold, I remember what it cost

Night Shift Gold
Night Shift Gold

Black car crosses my old bus route
I see the stop where I used to freeze
Back when one good song was enough
To make a whole week feel like belief
I miss the hunger, not the empty wallet
Miss how every door looked wide
Now I have keys to half the city
Still chase the feeling from that ride

Maybe I don't miss being unknown
Maybe I miss how hope was loud
The skyline changed, the alarm clock didn't
A coffee-stained platinum plaque said it first

Night Shift Gold, keep the windows bright
Night Shift Gold, I still work through the night
If the skyline changes, let the reason not
Night Shift Gold, remember what it cost

Night Shift Gold

Night Shift Gold