Lyrics to
Night Shift

Released by Bob Marley in 1976
From the Album: Rastaman Vibration |

This version of Night Shift was released by Bob Marley in 1976.

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The sun shall not smite I by day,
Nor the moon by night;
And everything that I do
Shall be upfull and right.
And if it’s all night,
It got to be all right!
If it’s all night,
Got to be all right!

Your mamma won’t lose this one;
You’re the lucky one under the sun.
If you make me move,
Then you know you got the groove:
All night, it’s all right!
All night, yeah! It’s all right!

Working on a forklift
In the night shift;
Working on a night shift,
With the forklift,
from A.M. (Did you say that? Why did you say that?)
to P.M. (Working all night!)
Working on a night shift, yeah!
(Did you say that? Why did you say that? Upfull and right!)
Well, if it’s (all night!) – if it’s (all right!)
all night (all night!) –

Warehouse (all right!),
You’re empty, yeah!
Go around the corner,
Bring your goods!
Go around the other corner,
Bring your suitcases. (All night!)
By the sweat of my brow, (All right!)
Eat your bread! (All night!)
By the sweat of my brow, (All right!)
Eat your bread!

All night (all night)! All right (all right)!
All night (all night)! All right (all right)!
Oh, yeah! (moon by night)
Why did you say that? Oh, yeah! (Upfull and right!)
Working on a night shift
With the forklift. (Moon by night!)
Working on the night shift,
Oh, yeah! (Upfull and right!)


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About Lyrics and Night Shift by Bob Marley

The lyrics to Night Shift are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Bob Marley used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Night Shift have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Bob Marley and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Night Shift by Bob Marley. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Night Shift" means the words set to the music of Night Shift, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Marley. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Night Shift and the lyrics to Night Shift are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Marley who came here looking just for the lyrics to Night Shift, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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