I Want To Be a Volunteer

I want to be a volunteer
I want to go where I want to go
I want to sand the flakey paint away
I want the wood stripped back to the grain
I want a simple task to do
I wish I was a tender hearted fool
I want to make something broken fixed
I want to make the day worth it
We can put it back together
Hold the rust, replace the glass
We can put it back together
Stop the water getting in
I want to be a volunteer
I want to be tired and rewarded
I want to be a hard and gentle man
I want to be a have useful working hands
We can put it back together
Hold the rust, replace the glass
We can put it back together
Stop the water getting in
Hold that end, hold it steady
I’ll try to saw in a straight line
Hammer down and fill the cracks
What was taken can be put back