Livin’ for the Bell

The blue-collar men
Mill around the dock
Their work is forgotten
As they watch the clock
A few more minutes
And they're thru for the day
In their minds
They're already drivin' away
The manager says
You oughta be there some night
If you don't think the dead
Can come back to life

Livin' for the bell
Like a fighter that fell
When ya leave it's just as well
Coz your heart's not in it
When you're livin' for the bell

The students all hang
On the edge of their chairs
Nervous anticipation
Fairly clouds the air
The teachers know better
Than to try to teach them
Coz those final moments
Don't belong to them
They stay at their desks
To escape the stampede
Coz there ain't no fury
Like the recently freed

Livin' for the bell
Like a fighter that fell
When ya leave it's just as well
Coz your heart's not in it
When you're livin' for the bell

The meetin' is cookin'
The preacher is hot
Collection's been taken
Sinner's on the spot
They sing about
Jesus is coming again
An' they can't wait
Till they fly away with Him
There's a lot to get done
'Fore the end of the show
But it's hard to get to it
When you just wanna go
Just wanna go

Livin' for the bell
Like a fighter that fell
When ya leave it's just as well
Coz your heart's not in it
When you're livin' for

Livin' for the bell
Like a fighter that fell
When ya leave it's just as well
Coz your heart's not in it
When you're livin' for the bell

Somebody ring it!
Somebody ring it
Huh! You wish!
Man, this day's sure is going slow
I don't know
I wish it was quittin' time
Well, we'll get some o' that green thing
4, 3, 2, 1, I said, there it is!
C'mon, yon gon' hit me now, who!
Get it!