STANDING ROOM ONLY

Tuesday, January 28, 2003

HELP YOURSELF

If you're gonna do, it do it right.
Don't leave it overnight.
If you're gonna help me, help me now.
Another ten minutes will be too late.

Like a crying child,
I need comfort now
Don't pick me up
When the tears are dry on my face.

Need someone to help me.
But not you, you're not ready
Seems you have trouble helping yourself.

It takes time to notice
But you don't seem to know time keeps moving.
What you're doing is wasting my time.
You would help me more,
Help me more if you helped yourself.
Help yourself.
Help yourself.

You wanna get yourself together,
Don't you wanna put yourself to right?
I said get yourself together,
Don't you wanna put yourself to right?
I said no, don't apologize.
You've done your best.
Seems it still ain't right.
Leave me alone.
No more to be said.
To get it right you got to do it yourself.

I'm going out to help myself,
Help myself
Help myself.
I'm going out to help myself,
Help myself
Help myself.

If you're gonna say it, say it now.
Don't leave it overnight.
If you're gonna hold me, hold me tight.
I don't wanna leave,
Not if it seems all right.

Like a crying child
I need comfort now.
Don't pick me up
When the tears are dry on my face

You've got to govern the situation.
But not you, you know.
And anyway, hold up,
Hold up
Hold up
You're trying to sort out your mind.

You've got to get it together.
You've got to get it together.
It would help me more,
Help more,
If you helped yourself.

- Joan Armatrading

9:34:39 PM

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