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You Can't Help Me
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Uptempo punk-pop. Like 'TV On The Fritz' this song is a negative reaction to the intrusiveness of todays commercialized society.
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(Not associated with the better-known band 'The Ashcats'.) John Baron, Bill Fetters, Tom Mueller! The Ashcats! For Your Pleasure!
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Genre
Alternative • Alt Power Pop
Charts
Peak #572
Peak in subgenre #46
Author
John Baron&Bill Fetters II
Rights
May 31, 2000 Registered @Library of Congress
Uploaded
February 03, 2008
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MP3 3.3 MB • 128 kbps • 3:34
Story behind the song
Written around the same time as 'TV On The Fritz', this song was also a representation of how we were feeling at that time about the world we live in . Junk mail, Spam, intrusive calls from long distance companies...At the time I had still never even had a credit card, and I still have a weedy yard and an old car. This song took a long time to sort out and the stress took it's toll on the band. By the time we were done with this and 'TV On The Fritz' we were ready to call it Quits.
Lyrics
YOU CAN"T HELP ME Yeah you can't help me and I didn't ask you to So don't tell me cuz I won't listen to you And don't you worry 'bout me I'm doing what I'm supposed to do Yeah you can't help me and I didn't ask you to Now I don't want no plastic cards And I don't need no weed free yard You must think I'm gone by far If you think I'll buy that brand new car So don't talk to me cuz I won't listen to you Yeah you can't help me and I don't want you to Now don't try to tell me what to eat Or which shoes to put on my feet Try all you want to put us all to sleep Some of us know that you're playing for keeps And you must think we've all lost our minds You're selling 27 different kinds of pork rinds Yeah most of us we may be blind But there's some of us reading between the lines Yeah you can't help me and I didn't ask you to So don't tell me cuz I won't listen to you And don't you worry 'bout me I'm doing what I'm supposed to do Yeah you can't help me and I didn't ask you to Aw you can't help me and I didn't ask you to So don't tell me cuz I won't listen to you And don't you worry 'bout me I'm doing what I'm supposed to do Aw you can't help me and I don't want you to Aw you're giving me all of shit Shit! Yeah talking at me all of the time Time! Well now I can't help you motherfuckers I'm going out of my mind Yeah you can't help me and I didn't ask you to So don't tell me cuz I won't listen to you And don't you worry 'bout me I'm doing what I'm supposed to do Yeah you can't help me and I didn't ask you to
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