Never Get a Break

Verse 1

Four AM the fryers hum

Flour dust up in the air

Got my apron, got my cap

Same spot since nineteen-seventy

Kids these days they come and go

Can't last a single shift

I been scrubbing this same floor

Long before they learned to lift

Pre-Chorus

Manager says "take a load off"

But the sprinkles don't stop falling

And the glazed don't sell themselves

Yeah I hear the clock still calling

Chorus

I'm 50 years old and I never get a break

Never get a break

Never get a break

I'm 50 years old and I never get a break

Never get a break

Never get a break

Verse 2

Jenny called in sick again

Third time this week alone

Told myself I'd take a day

Gotta ice my aching bones

That new kid on the register

He's glued up to his phone

I'm out back with the proofing rack

Makin' sure this place stays known

Pre-Chorus

They say "pop you earned a rest"

But the jelly still needs filling

And the crullers won't arrange themselves

Keep that oven hot and thrilling

Chorus

I'm 50 years old and I never get a break

Never get a break

Never get a break

I'm 50 years old and I never get a break

Never get a break

Never get a break

Bridge

Powdered sugar on my hands

Coffee stains on my jeans

Fifty years of early starts

And everything in between

I guess I'll keep on showing up

'Til the last long john is sold

Somebody's gotta do the work

Even when you're getting old

Chorus

I'm 50 years old and I never get a break

Never get a break

Never get a break

I'm 50 years old and I never get a break

Never get a break

Never get a break