Stars - The Very Thing lyrics

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 hit's from the shit's
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

Push yourself away from your one best friend
Who's going to love you when
You reach the end? Who will?