Self Helpless (Everybody's Got to Make their Own Mistakes)

from Boy Scout (Part 3 of "The Drug Years") by Paul Roessler

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SELF HELPLESS

Madness set in June 9th, 1997
As foretold by every ex-junkie prophet that I know
And not one missed a chance to say they told me so
But the future is easy to read and the past, well, just watch it bleed
But today remains a mystery

All the local fools call me up down on their luck
And the geniuses down at the Alano club
Want to help me and tell me what to do
But I'd rather be dead than be like you
You say your life went out of control; well I gave up trying so long ago
And I think you're just looking for one more stone to throw, but...

Everybody's gotta make their own mistakes

They say these problems are all in my head
The inevitable results of a life misled
And everybody knows what I should have done instead
But they never seem to have the nad to lie down in my bed
So the losers sock in for another round
And somewhere God's letting someone else down
Let's drink one to another fool who put his faith in someone like you

Everybody's gotta make their own mistakes

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from Boy Scout (Part 3 of "The Drug Years"), released June 27, 2021

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