Make It By Yourself

<br>You say you`re down and out<br>And need some help to get you through each day<br>Well, here`s a thought or two<br>I`ve used and like to pass them on your way<br>I found them lying there<br>The answers that you say you`re looking for<br>Make what you will of them<br>And you can change the way it was before<br><br>You got to make it by yourself<br>You know you got to make it by yourself<br>I`ll be your friend and I`ll lend a helping hand<br>But you got to try and help yourself before I can<br><br>I hear you talk of all the happiness<br>And emptiness you`ve known<br>Well, let me reassure you<br>Never were you really all alone<br>They say in quiet desperation many people cannot see<br>They cannot see the simple truth<br>That`s not the way it has to be<br><br>You got to find it for yourself<br>God helps the man who helps himself, amen<br>I am your friend and I`ll lend a helping hand<br>But you gotta try and help yourself before I can<br><br>We got to help each other (each other)<br>You got to help your brother when you can<br>When you can<br><br><br>Now don`t you think that I was preachin`<br>I`m just reachin` out for you<br>`Cause that`s the only way<br>That I know how to get the message through<br>Then you in turn and got to learn and teach it<br>To somebody who<br>Who felt the happiness and emptiness the same as you