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?      Now come on lift me up   I wanna dance by your tin cup   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   Who wouldn't ever part   Waiting on a spark   That hasn't happened yet   For the drunken marionette      Carry on   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 bout your debts   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   Wouldn't ever part   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   Waiting on a spark   That hasn't happened yet   For the drunken marionette