The Very Thing-Stars

[00:11.43]The bar closes early on the [00:14.01]Sabbath day [00:15.96]So me and my kid we hit the park to play [00:20.94]Then it'd start to rain so we'd walk home again [00:25.26]He asked why he was born [00:27.21]I don't know what to say [00:29.94]I don't feel guilty and [00:32.37]I don't feel sad [00:34.47]This mother ******* life is the best he's had [00:38.64]I said I've been there sonny and it ain't that bad [00:43.29]I took my hits from the shits back when [00:46.47]I was a lad [00:47.70]So long ago and even though [00:50.76]I tried I couldn't make him see the life he had cast in front of me [00:58.80]And even though [00:59.91]I cried I couldn't make him be the very thing [01:09.06]I needed His mother'd make a scene when [01:11.58]I come home late [01:13.59]She look like she's dying but she's twenty eight [01:17.88]I never loved that whore [01:20.46]I never will no more [01:23.01]Except for a month back in '84 [01:27.54]The jam was playing and my heart stood still gazing at a shadow on the window sill [01:36.27]So long ago and even though [01:39.12]I tried I couldn't make her see [01:42.69]I wasn't quite the man she thought [01:48.69]I'd be And even though [01:49.08]I cried I couldn't make her be the very thing [01:56.76]I needed And even though [01:57.66]I tried I couldn't make her see [02:01.23]I wasn't quite the man she thought [02:06.03]I'd be And even though [02:06.87]I cried I couldn't make her be the very thing [02:19.14]I needed Could she be the very thing [02:20.91]I needed? [02:21.09]Could she be the very thing the very thing [02:33.33]Push yourself away from your one best friend [02:41.73]Who's going to love you when you reach the end? [02:44.31]Who will? [02:44.46]Who will? [02:44.61]Who will?