Dirty Pool

The water is black the coast was clear
Now they're sweating dollars, dripping fear
What a way to end the fiscal year
Mopping up the dirty pool, mopping up the dirty pool
They've given us a new career
It's the make-work project of the year
Oh, dear god bless the volunteer
Mopping up the dirty pool, mopping up the dirty pool
Your way can't stay
Your way can't stay, won't stay, can't stay
Mopping up the dirty pool
This ship of steel is a leaky tin
Spilt milk tears run down your chin
This crying shame's a fuckin' sin
Mopping up the dirty pool, mopping up the dirty pool
Your way can't stay
Your way can't stay, won't stay, can't stay
Mopping up the dirty pool
A rusty tanker's belly, a fault somewhere it seems
Bled gallons to the ocean and poisoned the marine
And the shoreline's tarred and feathered, the seagulls look like crows
The unofficial explanation
"Shit happens, don't you know?"
Your way can't stay
Your way
Can't stay, won't stay, can't stay, won't stay
Your way is the wrong way
Your way can't stay, won't stay, can't stay
Mopping up the dirty, mopping up the dirty, mopping up the dirty pool