[Intro Shaggy]
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Now were working on the night shift
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Baby when you see me I dont care Ill fight it
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Mama [?] I like it
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[Sting]
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I’ll have to work another night shift
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I won’t be coming home tonight
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You don’t have to worry where the time slips
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Only by the night I come to life
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Working weekends and the weekday
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Working in the darkest of the hours
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I’ll take the bus, I’ll take the subway
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Whatever gets me to my destination
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Fast forward the eventide, it’s Friday night
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And I’ve only got to work until the day
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I’ve got a message to send back home
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Saying that I’ll be working in the nighttime, hey
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I’ll have to work another night shift
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No chance of coming home at all
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3 o’clock has always been a sweet spot
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That’s what they call the witching hour
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Fast forward the eventide, it’s Friday night
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And I’ve only got to work until the day
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I’ve got a message to send back home
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Saying, Mama, I just had to be away
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Fast forward the eventide, it’s Friday night
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And I’ve only got to work until the day
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I’ve got a message to send back home
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Saying, Mama, sorry I had to leave
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Mama, sorry I had to leave
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[Shaggy]
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So babygirl, I got to leave
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Mek sure go straight to your bed nuh badda wait up fi me
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Not getting a break until ‘bout quarter to 3
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Before me reach home is the sun you gwain see
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So tonight, you gonna sleep alone
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Cause if youre lookin’ for me in the middle ah night I wont be home
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Dont badda send no text, dont try fi call me pon di phone
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Working late inna di office mi nuh deh out a street a roam, LORD!
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[Sting]
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Fast forward the eventide, it’s Friday night
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And I’ve only got to work until the day
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I’ve got a message to send back home
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Saying, Mama, I just had to be away
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Fast forward the eventide, it’s Friday night
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And I’ve only got to work until the day
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I’ve got a message to send back home
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Saying, Mama, sorry I had to leave
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Mama, sorry I had to leave…
