24 Hours A Day Lyrics - Singles - Todd Snider

Skinny young man 

With born again eyes 

And a Jesus tattoo on his arm 

Leans on the wall 

While the traffic goes by 

The gas-mart at Fairview and Farm 

A rap song pounds 

From an '83 Caddy 

While he waits on a payphone to ring 

Been standing around since a quarter past nine 

Still hasn't heard a thing. 

24 hours a day 

24 hours a day 

Sign says we're open the man says you pay 

24 hours a day. 

Backed up on Farm 

Carhorns are screaming 

Cause some guy's Suburban is stalled. 

He guesses her daddy 

Must be back home 

Otherwise she'd have called 

He thinks to himself 

I guess I can't blame him 

It wasn't so smart what we did 

A uniformed cop gets in line with his coffee 

Some women yells at her kid. 

24 hours a day 

24 hours a day 

Sign says we're open the man says you pay 

24 hours a day. 

(harmonica solo) 

Carload of drunks 

Pulls up in a hurry 

For a six-pack before its too late. 

He starts to dial 

To leave one more message 

Stops and decides just to wait. 

Could have been different 

And maybe it couldn't 

With some things it's too late to learn. 

Fumes from the gasoline hang in the air 

World just continues to turn. 

24 hours a day 

24 hours a day 

Sign says we're open the man says you pay 

24 hours a day. 

The skinny young man 

With born again eyes 

And a Jesus tattoo on his arm 

Leans on the wall 

While the traffic goes by 

A gas-mart at Fairview and Farm 

Hmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm.