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Artist: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Canonical path: /electric-light-orchestra/helpless
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Helpless
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Helpless
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Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless
I thought about it but I couldn't think of what to say
But I thought about it anyway.......yeah
I tried to tell you what you mean to me
But it didn't come so easily..........no
I never reckoned
For more than a second
Just how it would be on my own
I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you
The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story.
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory.
Helpless
Helpless baby I'm a helpless
Helpless baby
I'm a Helpless
If I could put a good shine on the past
Do you think that we could make it last - oh yeah
Seems to mind the time goes fast
I wonder if the vote is cast
Now that you mention it,
Got my attention
I quite clearly blew me away
I'd be helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you
The dawn that calls beyond the night
Tells its old story.
The shadows fade into the light
In all it's glory.
Helpless
Helpless baby I'm a helpless
Helpless baby
I'm a Helpless, without you
I'd be helpless, without you
Helpless, helpless, helpless, helpless
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