I met a friend of a friend out in townnShe grabbed my arm and said ”Girl, have you heard!”nTold me you’ve fallen back in, down and outnShe’d seen you high on your knees in the dirt nn”I don’t know what he is running from,” she saidn”He’s so good-looking, it must be just boredomnIt was awkward to meet him, I didn’t know what to saynWell, it’s none of our business anyway”nShe said ”It’s none of our business anyway” nnWell, if you ask me what I’m gonna donIf I ever see this shadow of younI’ll tell you to stopnI’ll tell you to sort yourself outnAnd I want you to know if you ever come aroundnAnd if you ever wanna go somewhere else than downnI’ll help you to stopnI’ll help you to sort yourself outnI’ll make it my businessnnI caught a girl on the phone at the top of her lungsnGod knows how many tequilas she’d hadn”I don’t think I can go home, he hates me when I’m drunknHe says some terrible things when he’s mad”nn”I don’t know what I am waiting for,” she saidn”His anger goes and it comes like a cold sorenI’ve been trying to save him, that’s what he hates me fornWell, it’s none of your business anyway”nShe said ”It’s not your problem anyway” nnWell, if you ask me what I’m gonna saynIf I ever see him stand in your waynI’ll tell him to stopnI’ll tell him to sort himself outnAnd I want you to know if you wanna come aroundnAnd if you need somewhere to go that doesn’t hold you downnI’ll help it to stopnI’ll help you to sort yourself outnI’ll make it my business nnDo you remember the first time you said ”This once – and never again!”nYou’ve said it over and over and over again since thennTell me, what’s happened since then? nnWell, if you ask me what I’m gonna donIf I ever see this shadow of younI’ll tell you to stopnI’ll tell you to sort yourself outnAnd I want you to know if you ever come aroundnAnd if you ever wanna go somewhere else than downnI’ll help you to stopnI’ll help you to breathnI’ll help you to restnI’ll help you to seenI’ll help you to knownI’ll help you to sort yourself outnI’ll make it my businessn