Grandma she don't really get around good anymore In fact to get her out the house is really quite a chore But every day somebody seems to find a time to stop To see if grandma needs something from where they go to shop 'Cause you see CHORUS: Love helps those who cannot help themselves It cares about those hearts that's been put up on a shelf It will introduce a lonely soul to a lonely someone else Love helps those who cannot help themselves Mr.Johnson has a small farm down in southern Tennessee But one year he took ill before the time to plant to seed And no one knows which neighbour planted or they just won't tell But he had his best crop ever by the time that he got well 'Cause you see (REPEAT CHORUS) A little helpless baby child was born into this world She didn't have a daddy and her mother was just a girl But there came a young man willing to give both of them a home The girl he married the child he cherished though she was his own 'Cause you see (REPEAT CHORUS)