[Intro] When there's nowhere else to run Is there room for one more son? One more son If you can hold on If you can hold on, hold on [Verse 1] I wanna stand up, I wanna let go You know, you know; no, you don't, you don't I wanna shine on in the hearts of man I want a meaning from the back of my broken hand Another head aches, another heart breaks I'm so much older than I can't take And my affection, well, it comes and goes I need direction to perfection, no, no, no, no [Chorus] Help me out Yeah, you know you got to help me out Yeah, oh, don't you put me on the back burner You know you got to help me out, yeah [Verse 2] And when there's nowhere else to run Is there room for one more son? These changes ain't changing me The cold-hearted boy I used to be [Chorus 1] Yeah, you know you got to help me out Yeah, oh, don't you put me on the back burner You know you got to help me out, yeah You're gonna bring yourself down Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down [Bridge] I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier I got soul, but I'm not a soldier [Chorus 2] Yeah, you know you got to help me out Yeah, oh don't you put me on the back burner You know you got to help me out Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down Yeah, oh, don't you put me on the back burner You're gonna bring yourself down Yeah, you're gonna bring yourself down [Outro] Over and in, last call for sin While everyone's lost, the battle is won With all these things that I've done All these things that I've done If you can hold on If you can hold on