Released: May 5, 1981
Songwriter: Tom Petty Mike W. Campbell
Producer: Jimmy Iovine Tom Petty
[Chorus 1]
I'm the nightwatchman
I make the rounds
I'm the nightwatchman
I gotta keep my nose to the ground
[Verse 1]
Oh, this ain't no job for a man like me
Yeah, I got potential, I could be just what you need
Yeah, you got to think about the pros and cons
Listen here, could be right, and you could be wrong
[Chorus 2]
'Cause I'm the nightwatchman
I am security
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
[Verse 2]
I'll just sit around at night and listen to the radio
Yeah, when we get real bored, I might have a little smoke
Yeah, I got a permit to wear this .38
But listen, my life's worth more than the minimum wage
[Chorus 1]
I'm the nightwatchman
I make the rounds
I'm the nightwatchman
I gotta keep my nose to the ground
[Chorus 2]
I'm the nightwatchman
I am security
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
[Outro]
I'm the nightwatchman
I'm the nightwatchman
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
I'm the nightwatchman
I make the rounds
I'm the nightwatchman
I gotta keep my nose to the ground
[Verse 1]
Oh, this ain't no job for a man like me
Yeah, I got potential, I could be just what you need
Yeah, you got to think about the pros and cons
Listen here, could be right, and you could be wrong
[Chorus 2]
'Cause I'm the nightwatchman
I am security
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
[Verse 2]
I'll just sit around at night and listen to the radio
Yeah, when we get real bored, I might have a little smoke
Yeah, I got a permit to wear this .38
But listen, my life's worth more than the minimum wage
[Chorus 1]
I'm the nightwatchman
I make the rounds
I'm the nightwatchman
I gotta keep my nose to the ground
[Chorus 2]
I'm the nightwatchman
I am security
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
[Outro]
I'm the nightwatchman
I'm the nightwatchman
I'm the nightwatchman
How safe do you wanna be?
- Hard Promises (1981)
- Mary Jane’s Last Dance
- Learning to Fly
- American Girl
- The Waiting
- Breakdown
- Refugee
- Into the Great Wide Open
- You Got Lucky
- Here Comes My Girl
- Don’t Come Around Here No More
- Walls (Circus)
- Even the Losers
- Insider
- Don’t Do Me Like That
- Rebels
- It’ll All Work Out
- Christmas All Over Again
- Swingin’
- Southern Accents
- Listen to Her Heart
- I Need to Know
- Room at the Top
- A Face in the Crowd
- Jammin’ Me