Ruby Thorne - Midnight Shift Lyrics

[Verse 1]
December frost on factory glass
Daddy's thermos filled with coffee, black
While Christmas lights dance through the town
He's punching time cards, head hung down
In coveralls and steel-toed dreams
Making ends meet, or so it seems

[Chorus]
On the midnight shift, where Christmas sleeps
Through assembly lines and concrete streets
While others hang their stockings high
You're counting hours as they fly by
My midnight hero, working still
When Santa's climbing Capitol Hill

[Verse 2]
Mom says "wait up, he's coming soon"
As I count stars beneath the moon
His overtime wrapped in paper thin
A dollar store gift with love within
The factory smoke against the stars
Tells stories of these working scars

[Bridge]
The machines keep humming
While families are coming
Together somewhere else
But we've got our own kind of wealth
In fluorescent-lit devotion
And overtime emotion

[Verse 3]
Now every Christmas Eve I see
Those empty chairs at half past three
The echo of your heavy steps
Coming home with nothing left
But still you smiled and held me tight
Your hands still warm from working night

[Chorus]
On the midnight shift, where Christmas sleeps
Through assembly lines and concrete streets
While others hang their stockings high
You're counting hours as they fly by
My midnight hero, working still
When Santa's climbing Capitol Hill

[Outro]
The factory lights still blink like stars
In this town of rusty cars
But daddy, now I understand
Why Christmas came from calloused hands
Your gift was more than what you bought
It's how you loved, it's how you fought