If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)

On a free ride home from the embassy

I saw the governor and his lover holding hands

When I got to my place, I emptied my suitcase

And opened the windows wide

If you could save yourself, you'd save us all

Is that what you called me for?

Is that why you're knockin' on my door?

The time I've spent working myself to death

Thought that's what you wanted

I thought you needed my help

To make it good again, to make us strong

To make you happy, to push you along

And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb

I was on my knees when you knocked me down

The wheels fell off, the bottom dropped out

The checks all bounced, I came in your mouth

Your mother came callin', but there was no one around

The trash caught fire when the leaves turned brown

The vultures were circling when the circus left town

I left you a note, but I wrote it in disappearing ink

If you could save yourself, you'd save us all

Is that what you called me for?

Is that why you're knockin' on my door?

The time I've spent working myself to death

Thought that's what you wanted

I thought you needed my help

To make it good again, to make us strong

To make you happy, to push you along

And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb

I was on my knees when you knocked me down