If You Could Save Yourself (you'd Save Us All) Lyrics - Ween

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