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      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 men   I wanna mean it from the back of my broken hand      Another head aches, another heart breaks   I'm so much older than I can take   And my affection, well, it comes and goes   I need direction to perfection, no no no no      Help me out, yeah   You know you gotta help me out, yeah   Oh, don't you put me on the back burner   You know you gotta help me out, yeah      And when there's nowhere else to run   Is there room for one more son      These changes ain't changing me   The gold-hearted boy I used to be      Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah   Oh, don't you put me on the back burner   You know you gotta help me out, yeah      You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah   You're gonna bring yourself down, yeah   You're gonna bring yourself down      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      Time and truth and hearts      Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah   Oh, don't you put me on the back burner   You know you gotta 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      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      Time, truth and hearts      If you can hold on   If you can hold on