Gotta Be Safe (Tig Wired)

Gotta Be Safe
I hear the snap of my harness
I feel the strike on the steel
I'm trustin’ you with my tomorrows
Now tell me how does that feel
I’m going down in a heartbeat
Into the belly of this place
I wear my mask real tight
I’m playin’ it safe
I work with dangerous people,
I deal with dangerous minds
And I don’t take nothin’ for granted
I live in dangerous times.
Now I’ve worked this job by the numbers
So I don’t get buried without a trace
You’ve asked me 20 questions
Now I’m asking you,
Am I gonna be safe?
I don’t know where destiny
Has me headed for
What did you expect from me,
I’m playin’ it safe
That’s still my position
Ain’t lettin’ go of my superstition
I don’t wanna slip don’t wanna argue my case
I’m gonna do everything that it takes to bring it in safe
(I said to myself)
I gotta be safe
(Such a fine request)
Oh, bring it in safe
(I’m watchin’ my back)
I need to be safe
(checkin’ every last crack)
I used to take all the chances
I was a hot headed do what I can
I used to work to hurt
I spread an awful lotta dirt
I believed I really was superman
But now I’ve got a new disposition
I bought in to the old school plan
I'm playin’ hide and seek
For 2K a week
Or I’ll be takin’ home a nuclear tan
I got a woman who loves me
She knows the trials I face
And I know the best time to please her
Is when she’s feelin real safe
(Listen)
Pack it up tighten it down
You pick it up
Put it back where you found it.
I don’t need any grief
From some grunt on the street
Who don’t like the way that I wound it
(No)
I don’t know where destiny
Has me headed for
What did you expect from me,
I’m playin it safe that’s still my position
Hate lettin’ go of my superstition
I don’t wanna slip don’t wanna argue my case
I’m gonna do everything that it takes to bring it in safe
(Lay your bets)
I gotta be safe
(I ain’t done yet)
Oh, bring it in safe
(I’m doing my best)
I need to be safe
(Baby get dressed)
Every night and everyday
(It’s a matter of trust)
Yah, I’ll take It Out safe
(a serious rush)
I’m askin if it’s safe
(From the demons I see)
I love the smile on your face
(It’s killin me)

Shutdown Blues (Tig Wired)

Shutdown Blues
Welders weld, and the fitters fit
Riggers rig, that’s the gist of it
Foremen push their motley crews
Boys all wear the coveralls of blue
They rhythms set everybody knows the tune
Here comes the shutdown blues
Come-a-longs and chain falls too
Sparks they fly from the gouging crew,
Flag men calls to swing out the boom
Boys all wear the coveralls of blue,
The rhythms set everybody knows the tune
For the shutdown blues
I got a buddy who can sing the blues
He drives a Hog sports mean tattoos
If we were careful we could spring him loose
And let him take us where there ain’t no dues
Toxic gas and asbestos dust
The long hard hours is killin’ us
Super-heats and the re-heats too
The boys still wear the coveralls of blue
The rhythms set everybody knows the tune
For the shutdown blues
The steam chief grins ‘cause his job’s on time
Gonna see that unit go back online
Turn a profit in a day or two
And all the boys know just what to do
The rhythms set everybody knows the tune
For the shutdown blues
I paid a visit to the house of ruin
Been here before and it ain’t nothin’ new
I caught the sunrise from the room of blues
And headed back to meet my X ray crew
I could get wired I could get black and blue
I could go crazy by the time were through
But I caught the sunrise like I always do
And headed back to do this job for you.
The x ray crew is shootin’ welds all green
Erectors happy with his mean machine
The moneys good the hole watch through
Do you catch the feeling, you get the meaning to?
The rhythms set, everybody knows the tune
For the shut down here comes the shut down
Ohh the shutdown blues

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