Intro
Bb Em7(5b) Bb Em7(5b)
Eb Cm G# Eb
Bb Em7(5b) Bb Em7(5b) Eb
Hide in your shell cos the world is out to bleed you for a ride
Cm G# Eb
What will you gain making your life a little longer?
Bb Em7(5b) Bb Em7(5b) Eb
Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold that gave your eyes of steel?
Cm G# Eb
Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker
Bridge
D Gm/D
(Too frightening) to listen to a stranger
D Gm/D
(Too beautiful) to put your pride in danger
Eb G#
(You're waiting for) someone to understand you
F F4
But you've got demons in your closet (you've got demons in your closet)
F F4
And you're screaming out to stop it (and you're screaming out to stop it)
F F4
Saying life's begun to cheat you, Friends are out to beat you
Eb/F F
Grab on to what you can scramble for
Chorus
Dm Gm
Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Dm Gm
Cos it's sure time you gained control
Cm Eb/Bb
If I can help you, if I can help you
G# F
If I can help you, just let me know
Dm Gm
Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
Dm Gm
To get your heart back and on the road
Cm Eb/Bb
If I can help you, if I can help you
G# F
If I can help you, just let me know
All through the night
I, as a boy
Bridge
(Too frightening)
What you see
Chorus
Don't let the tears
Well, let me show you
F4 F
I wanna know, I wanna know
F4 F
I wanna know, I've got to know
Eb
I wanna know you
Bb
Now I wanna know you
F
Won't let me know you?
Eb
I wanna feel you
Bb
Oh, I wanna touch you
F
Please let me hear you, let me hear you
Eb
Can't you hear what I'm saying?
C#
Well I'm hopin', I'm dreamin', I'm prayin'
Fm
I know what you're thinkin', See what you're seein'
Eb Bb
Never ever let yourself go
F
Hold yourself down, hold yourself down
Why don't you hold yourself down
Why don't you listen
Hide in your shell, 'cause the world is out to bleed you for a ride
What will you gain making your life a little longer
Heaven or Hell, was the journey cold that gave you eyes of steel
Shelter behind painting your mind and playing joker
Too frightening to listen to a stranger
Too beautiful to put your pride in danger
You're waiting for someone to understand you
But you've got demons in your closet
And you're screaming out to stop it
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you scramble for
Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Because it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
All through the night as you lie awake and hold yourself so tight
What do you need, a second-hand movie-star to tend you
I as a boy, I believed the saying the cure for pain was love
How would it be if you could see the world through my eyes
Too frightening, the fire's becoming colder
Too beautiful, to think you're getting older
You're looking for someone to give an answer
But what you see is just illusion
You're surrounded by confusion
Saying life's begun to cheat you
Friends are out to beat you
Grab on to what you can scramble for
Don't let the tears linger on inside now
Because it's sure time you gained control
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
Well, let me show you the nearest signpost
To get your heart back and on the road
If I can help you, if I can help you
If I can help you, just let me know
I wanna know
I wanna know you
Well let me know you
I wanna feel you
I wanna touch you
Please let me near you
Can you hear what I'm saying
Well I'm hopin', I'm dreamin', I'm prayin'
I know what you're thinkin'
See what you're seein'
Never ever let yourself go
Hold yourself down, hold yourself down
Why d'ya hold yourself down
Why don't you listen, you can
Trust me
There's a place I know the way to
A place there is need to feel you
Feel that you're alone
Hear me
I know exactly what you're feelin'
Cos all your troubles are within you
Please begin to see that I'm just bleeding to
Love me, love you
Loving is the way to
Help me, help you
Why must we be so cool, oh so cool
Oh, we're such damn fools
From the album
Crime of the Century
Supertramp · 1974 · Track 0