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It's after midnight
And my initial rounds have just begun
It doesn't seem right
Being awake and not seeing the sun
I want to scream
But I'm afraid my patients would awaken
I never dreamed
I'd sleep all day and be awake all night
It don't seem right
Cause it's a killer working nights
And having to read everything by cheap fluorescent light
Yes it's a killer working nights
It looks like it will be another killer shift here tonight
It's so frustrating
I haven't tucked my kids in for a year
And I've been waiting
For a day job my entire career
The ten percent
That I get paid extra just isn't worth it
And I resent
Being away from my wife every night
It isn't right
Cause it's a killer working nights
I look in the mirror and all I see are bloodshot eyes
Yes it's a killer working nights
It looks like it will be another killer shift here tonight
I try to sleep but there's always some creep calling on the phone
It's been forever since I've slept for four hours straight
(And I need eight)
I'm in a terrible state
I hate complaining
But I don't know how much more I can take
Each night I'm straining
With everything I have to stay awake
Each Sunday I
Look in the want ads to see what is out there
Then with a sigh
I find out that the only jobs in site
Are working nights
And it's a killer working nights
I'm so depressed my life has taken on this hopeless plight
Yes it's a killer working nights
I drag my butt to work to spend another mother of a killer shift tonight
Darkness falls across the land
The midnight hour is close at hand
Normal people fill their beds
And pleasant dreams swim in their heads
But here I am awake but tired
Doing my best not to get fired
For taking a nap on the job
In my throat I suppress a sob
My eyes take on a vacant stare
And silently I say a prayer
That God grants me a special gift
And lets me leave this dreadful shift
Until that happens I'm afraid
I'll get iller and iller
And shout it out to all who'll hear
That night shift is a killer
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