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My wife is a life-long Beatles fan, and we still have a boombox where we eat. At breakfast, every morning, we play CD2 from the Beatles ’62-’66 box set: the first cut, “Help!” comes on and just seems soooo appropriate! Have you listened or read the lyrics lately? Maybe it’s a caregiving theme song? Comment if you have other candidates, but this is hard to beat! (paronomasia intended)
Help! (click for a 1965 performance), lyrics per Genius Lyrics
(Help!) I need somebody
(Help!) Not just anybody
(Help!) You know I need someone
(Help!)
[Verse 1: John Lennon]
When I was younger so much younger than today
I never needed anybody’s help in any way
But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors
[Chorus: John Lennon]
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being ’round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won’t you please, please help me?
[Verse 2: John Lennon]
And now my life has changed in oh so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
I know that I just need you like I’ve never done before
[Chorus: John Lennon]
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being ’round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won’t you please, please help me?
[Verse 3: John Lennon]
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybody’s help in any way
But now these days are gone, I’m not so self assured
Now I find I’ve changed my mind and opened up the doors
[Chorus: John Lennon]
Help me if you can, I’m feeling down
And I do appreciate you being ’round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Won’t you please, please help me?
Help me? Help me? Ooh
