Volunteers Of America Lyrics - Both [b&n Exclusive] - The Both

The contract's a joke, 

but when you see smoke 

You run toward the fire 

'cause you must 

They all called your name when the 

crash finally came 

Then left you to pick up the dust 

I saw you walking in silence 

down to the bridge 

But nothing went over the side 

So I guess to someone with your heritage 

Withdrawal, like consent, is implied 

And it's true - no one else will 

do what you do 

Volunteers of America, I'm calling you 

What makes you feel you're less than ideal 

If you can't get over it all? 

That walk-away clause 

can't be just because 

You're mad at the Cross on the wall 

Oh, and the last time I saw you, with 

that hole in your side 

I had to put my hand in to believe 

Oh, but I couldn't meet 

those elephant eyes 

And you couldn't take time to grieve 

And it's true - no one else 

will do what you do 

Volunteers of America, I'm calling you 

With your thousand-yard stare 

and your caretaker's hair 

I guess we're not sleeping again 

You're up there online, 

building your shrine 

A go-to solution that then 

Come tomorrow, you'll tear down again 

So bring out your poor, 

your washed on the shore 

Your refuse, your teeming depressed 

You take them all in, 'cause that's 

where you've been 

A person who has to say "yes" 

And every Sunday and Wednesday 

you pay homage to 

The naked and martyred and dead 

Where every crypt tells the story, 

the story of you 

Where bodies aren't bodies, they're bread 

And it's true - no one else 

will do what you do 

Volunteers of America, I'm calling you