Help Me Janet Lyrics

Help me Janet, 'cause I'm slipping down

I can't find no sanity in this here town

The church brought the merchants to the city of light

And now I won't get involved in the heat of the fight

Oh where, oh Janet, is that piece of mind

I checked in the drawer and what did I find

A thousand people taking sides of the law

And everyone talking out the side of their jaw

Hold me Janet, while I go insane

I've been washing all day. I can't get rid of this stain

People trying to decide how to protect their gold

Always sneering at each other, always growing old

So don't forsake me Janet. I'll be alright

When the snow turns black and the grass turns white

When the buildings fall to earth because of childish whims

When the air gets silent and the sunlight dims

Can you love me Janet? Can I trust in that

Are you sure there's nothing hiding under my hat

Even knowing that my mind swims in a sea of hate

Can you understand the reasons I've grown young so late

Oh believe me Janet, for I cannot lie

I'm too lonely for hello. I'm too scared of good-bye

Bring me up to the mountain. Get me onto your ship

This disease keeps growing and I'm starting to slip

Well, come and touch me Janet, 'cause you know me so well

It's a week in paradise; a weekend in hell

Passing bread to the table. Sipping wine from a glass

Can you elevate the bridges when the barges pass

Send me hope now Janet, for my time has expired

I'm perpetually wasted. I'm perpetually tired

If the wheels of this universe are going someplace

My guess is they'll arrive there having lost my face

Oh, be prepared dear Janet, for the days grow short

The nights grow longer. There's no sense in sport

For the games that we play make us indebted to all

Paying prices for obscurity to those who are tall

Sell your car now Janet. It won't do any good

There'll be no place to drive in this whole neighborhood

For the houses are condemned and the buildings repossessed

And it's all we can do to wake up and get dressed