When I walk in your shoes
 
 I understand a man confused
 
 They're much too big, but I don't care
 
 I feel the weight your shoulders bear
 
 Now I really empathize
 
 Looking through your bloodshot eyes
 
 And I know you, you're so frustrated
 
 But we all become what we once hated
 
 Besides, nobody can be that wise
 
  
  I can't help you if you won't help yourself (help yourself, help yourself)
 
 I can't help you if you don't help yourself (help yourself)
 
 You can only get so much from someone else (You can get so much from me)
 
 I can't help you if you won't help yourself (help yourself)
  
 
 You've got a degree in philosophy
 
 So you think you're cleverer than me ('cause you're so smart)
 
 But I'm not just some drama queen (drama queen)
 
 Cos it's where you're at not where you've been
 
 So what do you expect from me
 
 To hold your head above the sea (keep you high and dry)
 
 And carry you, even though you're bigger
 
 'Cos don't you know you crush my tiny figure
 
 And anyway, we're still so young (yeah, i'm so young)
 
 And this isn't yesterday
  
 
 I can't help you if you won't help yourself (help yourself, help yourself)
 
 I can't help you if you don't help yourself (help yourself)
 
 You can only get so much from someone else (You can get so much from me)
 
 I can't help you if you won't help yourself (help yourself)
  
 
 You might be twenty-five but in my mind
 
 I see you at sixteen years old most of the time
 
 And I'm, I'm just a child and you're full grown
 
 And it was like nothing that I've ever known
 
 You are like nothing that I ever knew