"Night after Night"

To the song "Forty Hour Week" by Alabama,
Lyrics by Jhessill

There are gargoyles in this city who work hard every night
Not for fame or fortune do they fight
But the fruits of their labor are worth more than the fight
And it's time a few of them were recognized.

Hello Broadway, good detective, let me thank you for your time
You work a night after night for a livin', just to end the war on crime.
Hello Brooklyn beak-ed wonder, let me thank you for your time
You work a night after night for a livin', just to end the war on crime.

This is for the time you stopped the big rig, tearin' up the road
Or that time out in the warehouse, bustin' Dracon's load
Or the "Kingdom", the "Protection", the "Leader of the Pack"
For every time you worked behind the scenes

You can see them every morning on the buildings near the park
Perched above the 23rd in the clock tower.
Working together like spokes inside a wheel -
They keep this city turning around

Hello Le-ex, computer junkie, let me thank you for your time
You work a night after night for a livin', just to end the war on crime
Hello Angela, leader's daughter, let me thank you for your time
You work a night after night for a livin', just to end the war on crime.

This is for the time you stopped the hammer, those Quarrymen flakes
Or the time you caught Demona, robbin' Xanatos.
Or the way you saved the mutates, defeatin' Sevarius.
For every time you stopped them at the scene -

With a spirit you can't replace with no machine.
Hello Clan Wyvern let me thank you for your time.