If You Could Save Yourself (You'd Save Us All)

On a free ride home from the embassy I saw the governor and his lover holding hands When I got to my place, I emptied my suitcase And opened the windows wide If you could save yourself, you'd save us all Is that what you called me for? Is that why you're knocking on my door? The time I've spent working myself to death Thought that's what you wanted I thought you needed my help To make it good again, to make us strong To make you happy, to push you along And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb I was on my knees when you knocked me down The wheels fell off, the bottom dropped out The checks all bounced, I came in your mouth Your mother came calling, but there was no one around The trash caught fire when the leaves turned brown The vultures were circling when the circus left town I left you a note, but I wrote it in disappearing ink If you could save yourself, you'd save us all Is that what you called me for? Is that why you're knocking on my door? The time I've spent working myself to death Thought that's what you wanted I thought you needed my help To make it good again, to make us strong To make you happy, to push you along And gain some respect, to be thrown a crumb I was on my knees when you knocked me down