Make It by Yourself

You say you're down and out and need some help to get you through each day
 Well, here's a thought or two I've used and like to pass them on your way
 I found them lying there the answers that you say you're looking for
 Make what you will of them
 and you can change the way it was before
 You got to make it by yourself
 You know you got to make it by yourself
 I'll be your friend and I'll lend a helping hand
 But you got to try and help yourself before I can
 I hear you talk of all the happiness and emptiness you've known
 Well, let me reassure you never were you really all alone
 They say in quite desperation many people cannot see
 They cannot see the simple truth that's not the way it has to be
 You got to find it for yourself
 God helps the man who helps himself, amen
 I am your friend and I'll lend a helping hand
 But you gotta try and help yourself before I can
 We got to help each other (each other)
 You got to help your brother when you can
 when you can
 Now don't you think that I was preaching I'm just reachin' out for you
 'Cause that's the only way that I know how to get the message through
 Then you in turn and got to learn and teach it to somebody who
 who felt the happiness and emptiness the same as you
 You got to make it by yourself
 You know you got to make it by yourself
 I'll be your friend and I'll lend a helping hand
 But you got to try and help yourself before I can