Clock Out Loud

Clock Out Loud

Warehouse break room, fluorescent hum
Punch clock red above the sink
Everybody eats in seven minutes
Too tired after twelve to think
Somebody says this can't be living
Somebody else just laughs
We look at the vending machine
Like it personally owes us time back

Clock Out Loud, let the walls hear it
Clock Out Loud, put your whole body near it
My body isn't company property
Clock Out Loud, give one hour back to me

First beat hits, shoes start moving
Supervisor peeks through the door
Then shakes his head and keeps on walking
Like he needs the same thing more
No grand revolution tonight
Just shoulders dropping one by one
But relief can be political
When your day forgot you had a body at all

Then somebody unplugs it
And plugs a speaker in

Clock Out Loud, let the walls hear it
Clock Out Loud, put your whole body near it
My body isn't company property
Clock Out Loud, give one hour back to me

I still need the check on Friday
I still show up when the shift begins
My body isn't company property
That red punch clock was proof enough

Clock Out Loud
Clock Out Loud

Clock Out Loud, punch the red card clean
Clock Out Loud, remember what we mean
My body isn't company property
Clock Out Loud, come dance with me

Clock Out Loud