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Holly Tab

by Jay Jay Pistolet


Capo On 3

                                                  
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

                                          
But 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

                                          
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

                                                            
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 oh

                                          
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