Open Arms Lyrics

Married at eighteen

Bought a modest house

Worked in the machine

Began to hate his spouse

Together had a child

Divorce a next step

Une femme he beguiled

Oh for weeks he wept

He turned to the drink

A home had he not

I sat; watched him sink

His mind seemed to rot

Beheld his final breath

Guided him through death

I mean no harm

All dressed in black

I do my job

I cannot slack

Please do not beg

And do not cry

Their fates are sealed

I'm your ally

I'll take good care

They're safe with me

The afterlife

Is good, you'll see

This angel's life

Is hard enough

It's all I have

My work is tough

Never knew the dad

Was a one night stand

Not even a grad

Received not one hand

Worked nine to seven

Couldn't grant her son

Believed in heaven

A much better one

Couldn't take much more

So she swallowed her pills

Fell down to the floor

As her kid felt chills

Beheld her final breath

Guided her through death

I mean no harm

All dressed in black

I do my job

I cannot slack

Please do not beg

And do not cry

Their fates are sealed

I'm your ally

I'll take good care

They're safe with me

The afterlife

Is good, you'll see

This angel's life

Is hard enough

It's all I have

My work is tough