You came back from work today, found me sleep inside the darkest room
Don't wake me up, I've gotta get my pay
The kids are quiet, I never see them run around no more
Gotta chase the moon rise up just to say goodbye
Another week away with stops to say I love you
Take my best friend down to another town, I miss you
So give me time to live my life, to wake up with my wife
See my boys grow into men, to be a lover and a friend
You don't get rich for staying awake, but there's nothing else that I can do
Gotta pay the white lines that get me home
I've got a lotta time to think, there's no good music on the radio
but it get's too hard to stop, just one more time
Another week away with stops to say I love you
Take my best friend down to another town, I miss you
So give me time to live my life, to wake up with my wife
See my boys grow into men
Let me wake up everyday at home, hear their voices off the phone
Go to sleep each night at ten, to be a husband and a dad