Holly was the kind of girl the cameras liked   She could play the part of poet that's kept behind the mic   And whilst i've always dreamed of making it in Hollywood   I know that if she'd had a second chance then Holly could      And i did all that i could to help   Yeah i've done all that i can to help      By the time that she was twenty she had driven insane   On her way back out she crashed straight into crack cocaine   And whilst i'd never once condemed i did not agree   That's why i think Holly fell to fall in love with me      But i did all that i could to help   Yeah i've done all that i can to help      I layed down my anchor   and i said let's make a stand   'Cause i'm leaving only when    i've done all that i can      She cleaned her act up burnt her shackles and chains   And she rid herself of men who used their fists for their brains   And she cotched upon a couch within the neighbors' space   Til she'd saved enough to pay the lease on her own place      And i did all that i could to help   Yeah i've done all that i can to help      She used to brush past all the students of art   She said they're masters of their craft but i am far too smart   And i've always fancied studying humanitites   And she passed with first-class honours in philosophy      And i did all that i could to help   Yeah i did all that i could to help         I layed down my anchor   and i said let's make a stand   'Cause i'm leaving only when    i've done all that i can      A car was being naughty down a one-way street   And it crushed her brittle bones right from her head to her feet   And as i knelt over her body and i prayed to god   I lost faith in everything that ever has been odd      But i did all that i could to help   Yeah i did all that i could to help      I layed down my anchor   and i said let's take a stand   and i'm leaving only when    i've done all that i can