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“What’ve I Done to Help”

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?

I thought I was alone in the world
until my memories gathered round me in the night
I thought I was strong
until I finally had to fight
If I kept my head down, and showed up to work on time, watched my appetite
Put the money in the mattress
Lock the doors at night
and we'd all be alright

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?

See I've made mistakes that I can't erase
Some of the love I've lost will not come back to me
I broke my word, I lied on a bible
Just to feel a little free
She didn't deserve it
Nobody ever deserves it
but I cut anchor and I drifted out to sea.
You found me busted
and somehow you trusted
I was not what I could be

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?

We climbed to safety, you and me and the baby
Sent our thoughts and prayers to loved ones on the ground
and as the days went by we just stopped looking down
Now the world's on fire and we just climb higher
Until we're no longer bothered by the smoke and sound
Good people suffer and the heart gets tougher
Nothing given nothing found

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?

What've I done to help?
What've I done to help?
Somebody saved me
What've I done to help
What've I done to help
and not myself?