Name: Helpless
Duration: P00H03M38S
Description: A cross between a love song and a lullaby from a parent to a child. Poignant and moving.

Helpless

by My Girl The River

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A cross between a love song and a lullaby from a parent to a child. Poignant and moving.

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I can tell you, you are not sleeping again
Oh I feel helpless, oh I feel helpless
I wanna wrap you like a baby in a basket and set you down on
the river and let you float away

I can tell you, you have been crying again
Oh, I feel helpless, oh I feel helpless
I wanna kiss your tears off and spit them into
the river and watch them float away

I can tell you have been hurting yourself again
Oh I feel helpless, oh I feel helpless
I wanna burn your pain down and throw it into
the river and let it float away

I can tell you, that I am here for you
I know you feel helpless, I know you feel helpless
I wanna put my arms around you and sit with you on
the river as we float away, as we float away

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released March 1, 2024
Written, performed and produced by Kris Wilkinson Hughes aka My Girl The River
Strings by: Kristin Wilkinson
Bass by: Joe Hughes
Recorded in part at Saltwell Studios
Shaker and harmonium by: Chris Pepper
Mastered by: Lee Head

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