I am the night clerk
I work the graveyard shift
I've checked in many people
Never saw anyone check out
When they walk in
the night bell rings
I think
What's all of that crazy thunder about
I've checked in
the wild and weary
the tormented and scary
The pious
the martyrs
the dancers
the fishermen
Even
Bob & Ted
Carol & Alice
Clark Gable
he stayed here too
Everyone looks me in the eye
pleading for a room,
I have many
the night is late
only the dead are awake
Some nights, though, it can be quiet
I put my feet up on the desk
watch another season of the soap opera
The Young and The Restless
There are no regulars
No one returns
Not even
the dopers
the smokers
the flatulent
the token takers
When everyone is checked in
That crazy thunder it stops
But the night is long
There's sure to be another storm.
May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 at 10:39 PM UTC
I am the night clerk
I work the graveyard shift
I've checked in many people
Never saw anyone check out
When they walk in
the night bell rings
I think
What's all of that crazy thunder about
I've checked in
the wild and weary
the tormented and scary
The pious
the martyrs
the dancers
the fishermen
Even
Bob & Ted
Carol & Alice
Clark Gable
he stayed here too
Everyone looks me in the eye
pleading for a room,
I have many
the night is late
only the dead are awake
Some nights, though, it can be quiet
I put my feet up on the desk
watch another season of the soap opera
The Young and The Restless
There are no regulars
No one returns
Not even
the dopers
the smokers
the flatulent
the token takers
When everyone is checked in
That crazy thunder it stops
But the night is long
There's sure to be another storm.
