Very Thing Lyrics - Nightsongs - Stars

The bar closes early on the Sabbath day 

So me and my kid we hit the park to play 

Then it'd start to rain so we walk home again 

He asked why he was born 

I don't know what to say 

I don't feel guilty and I don't feel sad 

This motherfucking life is the best he's had 

I said I've been there, sonny, and it ain't that bad 

I took my hits from the shits back when I was a lad 

So long ago and even though I tried 

I couldn't make him see 

The life that he had cast in front of me 

And even though I cried 

I couldn't make him be the very thing I needed 

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His mother would make a scene when I come home late 

She looked like she's dying and she's 28 

I never loved that whore, I never will no more 

Except for a month back in '84 

The jam was playing and my heart stood still 

Gazing at a shadow on the window sill 

So long ago and even though I tried 

I couldn't make her see 

I wasn't quite the man she thought I'd be 

And even though I cried 

I couldn't make her be the very thing I needed 

And even though I tried 

I couldn't make her see 

I wasn't quite the man she thought I'd be 

And even though I cried 

I couldn't make her be the very thing I needed 

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Could she be the very thing I needed? 

Could she be the very thing 

The very thing 

Push yourself away from your one best friend 

Who's going to love you when you reach the end? 

Who will? 

Who will? 

Who will?