Here comes your drunken marionette

Dragging his mess of threads

There at the bar pulling smoke to his lungs

He says, “Who will ignore me when you’re gone?”



Come on lift me up

I wanna dance by your tin cup

A tower of beauty with a split in your tongue

"Who will ignore me when you’re gone?”

He says, “Who will ignore me when you’re gone?”



Here he comes

Here he comes

Be still the wooden heart

That wouldn’t ever part

With the drunken marionette



Been mainlining bad thoughts

Been drinking things I wish I’d not

Intoxicated with sad songs

"Who will forgive you when I’m gone?"



They sing Auld Lang Syne

I’ve got mutiny on my mind

A guilty conscience means at least you’ve got one

"Who will forgive you when I’m gone?”

He says, “Who will forgive you when I’m gone?”



Here he comes

Here he comes

Be still the wooden heart

That wouldn’t ever part

Who’s waiting on a spark that hasn’t happened yet

For the drunken marionette



Carry on and turn the lights low when you go

In the hours left

I hope you feel

The things that I know I won’t



What you give is what you get

These days I worry about your debt

Who carries evil out

Evil will come

"Who will defend you when I’m gone?”

He says, “Who will defend you when I’m gone?”



Here he comes

Here he comes

Be still the wooden heart

That wouldn’t ever part

Who’s waiting on a spark

that hasn’t happened yet



Here he comes

Here he comes

Be still the wooden heart

That wouldn’t ever part

Who’s waiting on a spark that hasn’t happened yet

For the drunken marionette