Track 9 of the album Diesel Hymns · 2008
Night Shift at the Weigh Station
“The scale house hums all night and the man inside has a thermos and a story. I tried to write his side of the window.”
rock ballad · heartland rock · night-shift ballad · 4:00
Lyrics
Fluorescent hum on the scale house roof A thermos of coffee gone cold I wave them through, the long-haul crews The young ones and the old I drove these roads for twenty years Now I count the trucks that pass Every one's a story rolling by In the glow of the night-shift glass I know that tired in your eyes I wore it once myself Roll on through, roll on through Pull in slow, I'll wave to you There's a bench out here by the weigh station sign And a light that I'll keep on all night Roll on through, roll on through You've got miles and I've got time I may not be behind the wheel But I ride along with every one of you A kid stopped in with a flat-tyre fright Fresh out of driving school I showed him how to change it right Told him, son, don't play the fool I know that hope behind his grin I wore it once myself Roll on through, roll on through Pull in slow, I'll wave to you There's a bench out here by the weigh station sign And a light that I'll keep on all night Roll on through, roll on through You've got miles and I've got time I may not be behind the wheel But I ride along with every one of you Dawn comes up in orange and grey My relief shows up at six I'll drive home slow with the window down And thank the road for the fix Roll on through, roll on through Pull in slow, I'll wave to you There's a bench out here by the weigh station sign And a light that I'll keep on all night Roll on through, roll on through Safe home and a sunrise too I may not be behind the wheel But I ride along with every one of you Roll on through I ride along with you