Story Behind The Song
I see how my kids have struggled with smoking and other stuff and need God's help to get set free.
Song Description
We get ourselves in trouble, or in addiction of various things, and we fall down of our own devices. It doesn't matter the addiction--to sex, to gambling, smoking, alcohol, drugs. We all need help back up by a friend.
| Song Length |
3:34 |
Genre |
Blues - Delta, Blues - Gospel |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Mood |
Miserable, Distressed |
| Subject |
Addiction, Regret |
Similar Artists |
B.B. King, Ella Fitzgerald |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Somebody Help Me!
Copyright Feb 2009 by Marlene Jones-Skurtu
Somebody help me, I'ma fallen down
Somebody help me, I'ma fallen down on my face.
Give me a rope, or give me a hand,
Or just give me a shoe-lace.
Well, I've been to some places Mama warned
Well, I've been to some places Mama warned I should not go.
I've felt the fire, and the devil's breath,
And learned things I shouldn't know.
Well I'm runnin' and fallin' and twisted and fallen again.
I'm fallin' and twisted and snaggled and fallen in sin.
I've got the chains on my hands
--put there by my own demands
Lord, I need some kinda help from a friend.
Somebody help me, my desire's gone awry,
Somebody help me, my desire's gone awry and too far.
The chains are on, and the pit is deep
And my soul is about to be marred.
Well I'm runnin' and fallin' and twisted and fallen again.
I'm fallin' and twisted and snaggled and fallen in sin.
I've got the chains on my hands
--put there by my own demands
Lord, I need some kinda help from a friend.
Somebody help me, I'ma fallen down
Someboday help me, I'ma fallen down on my face.
Give me a rope, or give me a hand,
Or just give me a shoe-lace.