i met a friend of a friend out in town she grabbed my arm and said girl have you heard told me you ve fallen back in down and out she d seen you high on your knees in the dirt i don t know what he is running from she said he s so good looking it must be just boredom it was awkward to meet him i didn t know what to say well it s none of our business anyway she said it s none of our business anyway well if you ask me what i m gonna do if i ever see this shadow of you i ll tell you to stop i ll tell you to sort yourself out and i want you to know if you ever come around and if you ever wanna go somewhere else than down i ll help you to stop i ll help you to sort yourself out i ll make it my business i caught a girl on the phone at the top of her lungs god knows how many tequilas she d had i don t think i can go home he hates me when i m drunk he says some terrible things when he s mad i don t know what i am waiting for she said his anger goes and it comes like a cold sore i ve been trying to save him that s what he hates me for well it s none of your business anyway she said it s not your problem anyway well if you ask me what i m gonna say if i ever see him stand in your way i ll tell him to stop i ll tell him to sort himself out and i want you to know if you wanna come around and if you need somewhere to go that doesn t hold you down i ll help it to stop i ll help you to sort yourself out i ll make it my business do you remember the first time you said this once and never again you ve said it over and over and over again since then tell me what s happened since then well if you ask me what i m gonna do if i ever see this shadow of you i ll tell you to stop i ll tell you to sort yourself out and i want you to know if you ever come around and if you ever wanna go somewhere else than down i ll help you to stop i ll help you to breath i ll help you to rest i ll help you to see i ll help you to know i ll help you to sort yourself out i ll make it my business