Bruce played the song only once

 

1986-10-13 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Neil and Pegi Young's first Bridge School Benefit concert. Proceeds benefit the Bridge School, which assists children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs. Acoustic show accompanied by Nils Lofgren and Danny Federici. A stunning, inspired performance from Bruce. "You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)" is sung a capella. A short "Lady Of Spain" is performed by Danny Federici as an intro to Mansion On The Hill. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young join on "Hungry Heart", and "Teach Your Children features all of the evening's performers: Young, along with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash; Lofgren (who includes Springsteen's "Man At The Top" in his set); Don Henley, along with J.D. Souther; Tom Petty; and comedian Robin Williams.

 

 

 

 

A live version is released on The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 2 (Live) (Compilation, 2006) (recorded October 13, 1986).

 

 

    

"Helpless" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young on their 1970 album Déjà Vu. "Helpless" was originally recorded with Young's band Crazy Horse in early 1969. The "town in North Ontario" referred to in the opening line of the song is often presumed to be Ontario native Young's hometown; Young himself cleared up the rumors in a 1995 Mojo interview with Nick Kent:

 

"Well, it's not literally a specific town so much as a feeling. Actually, it's a couple of towns. Omemee, Ontario, is one of them. It's where I first went to school and spent my 'formative' years. Actually I was born in Toronto..."