Help Yourself

[Verse 1]

Got no charisma? Got no escape?

Don't feel the lovin', just a distaste?

Well, there are tigers and there are fawns

You can decide yourself which side you’re on

[Refrain]

And you just help yourself

You just help yourself

[Verse 2]

Can't find the stature? Can't find the speed?

Got no books to stand on that might give you that little peep?

Got lazy swimmers? Feeling dead in the sac?

Got a woman who is tickin' and a-moanin' behind your back?

[Refrain]

Well, you just help yourself

Take what you can

Make yourself a man

[Verse 3]

Like a tease, you got a little smile

Got that itty-bitty feeling that you got more goin' on inside

I ain't got no money, I ain't got no style

Don’t waste your time, y'gotta life to find, they're gonna leave you behind

[Refrain]

And you just help yourself

Take what you can

Make yourself a man

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

Can't see the reason? Can't see the light?

Got no books to read on your shelf that’s gonna give you some of that insight?

If I could show you, I surely would

But all the gods I’ve known, baby, are made out of flesh and blood

Ain't got no lovin', ain't got no style

Well, I could get it up, baby, I could keep it filled there all night

Ain't got no worth, I got no escape

I gotta [improv]

[Refrain]

Well, you just help yourself

Take what you can

Make yourself a man

[Bridge]

Can't say that I like it

Can't say that I love it

Can't say I'm not feelin' the pressure pushin' down from above

Can't play the bongos, can't play guitar

I'm a singer standing over there somewhere

You're leaning on the bar

My time is ebbing, my time is up

My time is showing itself for what it always was

Well, there are tigers and there are fawns

You decide yourself which side you're on

[Instrumental Outro]