I'm the Nightshift Watchman for the planet

Five days a week I watch the tube

Five nights a week I'm waching radar

Easy Job with nothing much to do



Waiting in my air conditioned office

Down a thousand feet below the sand

Looking at the lines upon my finger

Thinking of the power in my hand



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If I do my job my job is over

If I start my day my days are through

If I set to work my work is over

Soon as I begin we'll all be through



I'm the nightshift watchman

I'm the nightshift watchman



Watching for some movement in the heavens

Waiting for some action down below

When it comes I'll follow my directions

When it comes its time for us to go



Chorus



Well I've a hand that looks alot like your hand

and I've a heart that feels the same as you

and I've a house and family on the surface

Someone's got to do this job I do.



I'm the Nightshift Watchman

I'm the Nightshift Watchman

I'm the Nightshift Watchman

I'm the Nightshift Watchman