Make It By Yourself Songtext

You say you're down and outAnd need some help to get you through each dayWell, here's a thought or twoI've used and like to pass them on your wayI found them lying thereThe answers that you say you're looking forMake what you will of themAnd you can change the way it was beforeYou got to make it by yourselfYou know you got to make it by yourselfI'll be your friend and I'll lend a helping handBut you got to try and help yourself before I canI hear you talk of all the happinessAnd emptiness you've knownWell, let me reassure youNever were you really all aloneThey say in quiet desperation many people cannot seeThey cannot see the simple truthThat's not the way it has to beYou got to find it for yourselfGod helps the man who helps himself, amenI am your friend and I'll lend a helping handBut you gotta try and help yourself before I canWe got to help each other (each other)You got to help your brother when you canWhen you canNow don't you think that I was preachin'I'm just reachin' out for you'Cause that's the only wayThat I know how to get the message throughThen you in turn and got to learn and teach itTo somebody whoWho felt the happiness and emptiness the same as you