G Em G Em

[Verse 1]
G              Em
 When I'm down, really down
Cadd9              D
   Nothing matters, nothing does
G                Em
 I close my eyes, go to sleep
Cadd9                 D
    But I can't sleep, I can't sleep
G               C       G                 D      G
Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself

G Em G Em

[Verse 2]
G           Em
 Junior high I lost my mind
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      I don't know why, it's a terrible thing
G              Em
 Since that day it's been a struggle
Cadd9                      D
Trying to make sense out of scrambled eggs
G               C       G                 D      G
Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself

G Em G Em

[Verse 3]
G                 Em
 I painted a bar and I never got paid
Cadd9                 D
In a town where everyone was unemployed
G               Em
 I was locked in on Easter day
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   All I had to eat was a piece of bread
G               Em
 When I got home my mother said
Cadd9                D
   "You're a lazy bum and that's how come
G                     Em
  You suffer like that and you'll starve
Cadd9            D
   All your life.  All your life."
G                Em
 Spoken just like it was a curse
Cadd9                     D
     But it didn't really sound so bad
G          Em
  I like to make things up
Cadd9                  D
    It's the healthiest thing that I do
G            Em
But I'm tired of being kidnapped
Cadd9                        D
    By a dark wolf that would do me in
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Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself

G Em G Em

[Bridge]
C          D           G
I'm just saying how I feel
 C     D         G            C
Maybe you could try to understand
       G        C    G
I'm a man who needs you

[Verse 4]
G              Em
 When I'm down, really down
Cadd9              D
   Nothing matters, nothing does
G                Em
 I close my eyes, go to sleep
Cadd9                 D
    But I can't sleep, I can't sleep
G              Em
 You can listen to these songs
Cadd9                   D
    Have a good time and walk away
G           Em
 But for me it's not that easy
Cadd9                        D
   I have to live these songs forever
G               C       G                 D      G
Please hear my cry for help, and save me from myself