(Clara Calaway, Dixie Phillips, Brent Baxter)

Before I left town, I got my tires changed
And saw a friendly face from my high school days
I said man how ya been, how long ya worked here
He took my keys and said about a year
We made small talk, talkin’ shop
Chevys or Fords
He said honestly, wheels and grease
Make me bored

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9 to 5 makes me a living
Puts gas in the tank, keeps food in the kitchen
Puts clothes on my back, so I clock in on time
But the 9 to 5 sure doesn’t love me
Like gettin’ back home, and the kids run to hug me
And a kiss from my wife makes it all worth the grind
He said 9 to 5 makes me a living
But 5 to 9 makes me alive

He said 2 years ago, I was hardly home
I was climbing the ladder out on the road
Then the wheels came off, I was out of a job
Now I thank God for the one I got
‘Cuz birthdays, ballgames
I don’t miss a thing
It’s a small check, but what the heck
It’s priceless to me... 'cuz

CHORUS

I paid him, I thanked him
Then climbed up in my ride
And he don’t know, but I drove home
‘Cuz he changed more than my tires
When he said

CHORUS

Makes me alive