Story Behind The Song

A little song about some people I've met in my travels

Song Description

You control your own destiny...Follow your dreams and the man upstairs will look out for you

Lyrics

VERSE:
Diaz works on the cruising ship
Eighteen hours of the day
Barely sees his wife and kids
He?s looking for a way

He wants to own a restaurant
The captain?s laughing in his face
He slaves and saves and at night he prays
That help is on the way

CHORUS:
Diaz don?t you waste no time
Chase a dream today
If you learn to help yourself
Help is on the way (if you help yourself)
Help is on the way

VERSE:
Colin is six months on the dole
They stole his job when the cancer came
The ocean breezes move his soul
He?s looking for a way

He wants to open a surfing school
To teach the kids how to ride the waves
Doctor tells him not to go
But he?s already on the way

CHORUS:
?Cause surfing class begins at nine
He?ll chase a dream today
If you learn to help yourself
Help is on the way (if you help yourself)
Help is on the way

BRIDGE:
Nobody but you can tell you what to do
You?ve got to see it through
And if you help yourself, someone up there
Someone up there is gonna help you too

VERSE:
Jonny plays guitar in a village bar
He knows it?s not quite bankers? pay
His friends drive by in their fancy cars
They don?t know what to say

He wants to be a rock and roll star
They all think that he?s insane
They tell him ?get a proper job?
But he can?t hear them from the stage

CHORUS:
Welcome to the music show
I?ll chase a dream today
If you learn to help yourself
Help is on the way

All you do is up to you
Don?t let them block the way
If you learn to help yourself
Then help is on the way (if you help yourself)
Help is on the way (if you help yourself)
Help is on the way

Help is on the way today, help is on the way
Help is on the way today
Help is on the way