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 ****ing 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 he had cast in front of me 
And even though 
I cried I couldn't make him be the very thing 
I needed 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 
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 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?