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