The Very Thing (Album Version)-Deacon Blue

[00:00.01]Stars-The Very Thing (by XI) [00:05.27] [00:12.68]The bar closes early on the Sabbath day [00:16.39]So me and my kid, we hit the park to play [00:21.30]Then it starts to rain, so we walk home again [00:25.62]He asks why he was born, I don't know what to say [00:30.23]I don't feel guilty and I don't feel sad [00:34.60]This mother******* life is the best he's had [00:38.87]I said "I've been there, sonny, and it ain't that bad [00:43.42]I took my hits from the *************ts back when I was a lad" [00:47.97] [00:48.41]So long ago, and even though I tried [00:51.85]I couldn't make him see [00:54.52]The light that he had cast in front of me [00:58.72]And even though I cried, I couldn't make him be [01:03.65]The very thing I needed [01:07.15] [01:10.01]His mother would make a scene when I come home late [01:13.88]She looks like she's dying and she's twenty-eight [01:18.09]I never loved that whore, I never will no more [01:22.94]Except for a month back in '84 [01:27.90]The jammin' was playing and my heart stood still [01:32.45]Gazing at her shadow on the windowsill [01:36.30] [01:36.95]So long ago, and even though I tried [01:40.52]I couldn't make her see [01:43.11]I wasn't quite the man she thought I'd be [01:47.26]And even though I cried, I couldn't make her be [01:52.09]The very thing I needed [01:55.67] [01:57.05]And even though I tried [01:58.96]I couldn't make her see [02:01.51]I wasn't quite the man she thought I'd be [02:05.34]And even though I cried, I couldn't make her be [02:10.28]The very thing I needed [02:14.59] [02:19.32]Could she be the very thing I needed? [02:26.15]Could she be the very thing? [02:29.30] [02:32.98]Push yourself away from your one best friend [02:41.99]Who's gonna love you when you reach the end? [02:50.85]Who will? [02:55.30]Who will? [03:00.00]Who will?