Volunteer Lyrics

My lover left me

She left me too soon

I shouldn't blame her much

But the state of my room

I started stumbling and chasing the bells

The metal straps upon my knees

Made this sound when I fell

And you heard those words from your piers

I was just your volunteer

I loved my Uncle Georgie

Uncle Georgie's my friend

He spent his life fishing

Washing dishes weekends

And I tried to say something sincere

Sign me up I'll volunteer

My father left me

He left me too soon

I thought he'd say something

Before he waltzed from the room

And all I remembered was my hands at my side

The face of a woman who once was his bride

And all I got left with was tears

Seven lonely volunteers

We look for Sister Mary

Sister Mary's the pale

She holds her head sometimes

And walks close to the rail

She sings on a Sunday

And stands on the stairs

She haunts me at night time

When I've forgotten my prayers

And we don't see much of her here

A winter weary volunteer

The captains need order

It helps them stay sane

The plumbers hate slaughter

It fucks up the drains

And hard-hats must be worn at all time on the site

It don't make no difference if you're lost in the light

The men here make last their career

They don't talk to volunteers

Oh how your life cuts me

And rips through my bones

We pretend that it's nothing

When we're on the way home

And I wish you'd abandoned me here

So I can be a volunteer

I thought you were dreaming

Been listening for days

The crime wave it hurts

Even though it still pays

And Babyface Mendoza and the Bruiser Mandrake

Had a plan for re-election using an old Jedi mind trick

The Tappan Zee Bridge has grown ears

To hear the drowning volunteers

Yeah the Tappan Zee Bridge has grown ears

I hear the drowning volunteers