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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