Written by John Mellencamp



Well I get up in the morning

Have a smoke, have a drink

Then I get dressed

I don't want to get to work too late

'Cause that bossman he's a real mean son-of-a-bitch

Everything is so fast and so crazy

But the day still slowly slips on by

And when that five o'clock whistle starts to blow

I'll be gone in a wink of an eye



Chorus

Tonight, I'm gonna see my baby again

And that long haired girl will be smiling

When she sees me walkin' in

Well all right, she looks so good

That she just hasta be a sin

Tonight, I'm gonna see my baby again



We'll walk over to the East Street Montgomery Pier

She says she likes holding something dangerous

She pulls me close and whispers in my ear

She says,