Holly

Holly was the kind of girl the cameras liked

She could play the part of poet that's kept behind the mic

And whilst i've always dreamed of making it in Hollywood

I know that if she'd had a second chance then Holly could

And i did all that i could to help

Yeah i've done all that i can to help

By the time that she was twenty she had driven insane

On her way back out she crashed straight into crack cocaine

And whilst i'd never once condemed i did not agree

That's why i think Holly fell to fall in love with me

But i did all that i could to help

Yeah i've done all that i can to help

I layed down my anchor

And i said let's make a stand

'Cause i'm leaving only when

I've done all that i can

She cleaned her act up burnt her shackles and chains

And she rid herself of men who used their fists for their brains

And she cotched upon a couch within the neighbors' space

Til she'd saved enough to pay the lease on her own place

And i did all that i could to help

Yeah i've done all that i can to help

She used to brush past all the students of art

She said they're masters of their craft but i am far too smart

And i've always fancied studying humanitites

And she passed with first-class honours in philosophy

And i did all that i could to help

Yeah i did all that i could to help

I layed down my anchor

And i said let's make a stand

'Cause i'm leaving only when

I've done all that i can

A car was being naughty down a one-way street

And it crushed her brittle bones right from her head to her feet

And as i knelt over her body and i prayed to god

I lost faith in everything that ever has been odd

But i did all that i could to help

Yeah i did all that i could to help

I layed down my anchor

And i said let's take a stand

And i'm leaving only when

I've done all that i can