The Very Thing

[Verse 1] 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'd 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 mother fucking 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 [Chorus] So long ago and even though I tried I couldn't make him see the life he had cast in front of me And even though I cried I couldn't make him be the very thing I needed [Verse 2] His mother'd make a scene when I come home late She look like she's dying but she's twenty eight 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 [Chorus] [Outro] Push yourself away from your one best friend Who's going to love you when you reach the end? Who will?[x3]