Well I work like a dog eight hours a day you know I'm nearly dead   When I stop by a bar on my way home and loosen up my head   Lord knows this is a hard life sometimes it'll drive a man crazy   And there ain't no pleasure in this life for me but the nighttime and my baby   Well I'd love to ride all over town in a brand new Cadillac   But on the money that I'm makin' it'll never be like that   But money don't buy everything   Like tender love that I always got at home just a waitin'   And the only pleasure in this life for me is the nighttime and my baby   When I get home she's always got good lovin' saved up for me   Her warm sweet lips will make me forget all of my misery   With her arms wrapped around me all through the long long night   I wake up in the morning feeling right mighty right   Start back to that old job again with the boss standin' over me   Sayin' hurry up you gotta do your work that's the way it's gonna be   Ten hours just keep on draggin' Lord don't you know that this life of mine ain't easy   But I wanna thank you for sendin' me the nighttime and my baby   Yeah I wanna thank you very much for sendin' me the nighttime and my baby   Oh I don't know bout makin' a nap if it wadn't for the nighttime and my baby   I believe I'd lose my mind if I didn't have the nighttime and my baby