[Verse 1]

There’s a yoke ‘round your shoulders

A ring in your nose

You’re gone with the wind

Wherever it goes

Helpless man, helpless man, helpless man

[Verse 2]

You were once celebrated

For seeking your thrills

Now you’re strapped to life’s gurney

And you’re cheeking your pills

Helpless man, helpless man, helpless man

[Bridge]

As you scroll down the list

Of the girls that you’ve kissed

And it reads like a dime-store novella

Now you’re older than dirt

And how that’s got to hurt

That your best days are now in the cellar

[Verse 3]

Oh you get so offended

With your chest all distended

But the rest of you

Has forgotten how to fight

Helpless man, helpless man, helpless man

[Verse 4]

Don’t sweat your arrival

In heaven sporting a halo

That’s broken and bruised

Helpless man, helpless man, helpless man

[Verse 5]

'Cause God loves the story

Of a good fall from grace

'Cause on Sunday it helps

Fill the pews

Helpless man, helpless man, helpless man

[Bridge]

You were once so athletic

Now you seem so pathetic

With your gut hanging over your belt

You hold card number one of

The club you made fun of

Now you know how the rest of us felt

[Verse 6]

Oh you flew through your youth

Now you’re long in the tooth

As the wax in your wings starts to melt

Helpless man, helpless man, helpless man

[Bridge]

Now you’re trapped in the suburbs

With a lawn that needs mowing

It’s your Sisyphus stone

Got a Hydra head going

And you’re pulling up weeds

That just never stop growing

Mother Nature is laughing

But your butt crack is showing

[Verse 7]

You can rant, you can rage

You can rattle your cage

But you can’t turn a page by yourself

Helpless man, helpless man

Helpless man, helpless man, helpless man