Did Your Best

At school, he couldn't do the work, the kids all called him retarded He got a job in a warehouse, where he packed and cut carpet And he never moved up, and he never fell in love He's 50, but really 12, thinking 'bout giving up She married young and always felt like she'd got in too deep Started feeling like her only way out was to cheat Her friends all villainized, they didn't see she was weak It's been 20 years, and it still breaks her heart that they don't speak He was a rockstar in small bars Until the gigs weren't paying bills, he had his daughter in the car And he knew he had to make the choice to put down his guitar And every day he wonders if he could've been a star I know you did your best There was a lot to lose, don't have shit to prove to me I know you have nothing left But there's more to you than the wars you lose, you'll see Diagnosed with Parkinson's, it's something she lives with Was strong and independent, now relies on her children Her voice shakes when she speaks, she's embarrassed, she hates to talk And every day she wakes up wondering if new parts of her are lost He got her pregnant before he could finish school He got busy acting dumb, 'cause he didn't know what to do He ignored he had a girl, 'til her mother stopped calling, too On his deathbed, he wished for the daughter he never knew She loved her family, two girls and two boys Husband in the garage, she yelled she's sick of the noise And then one day he's out riding, and he dies in a crash Now she'd do anything to have the buzz of his saw I know you did your best There was a lot to lose, don't have shit to prove to me I know you have nothing left But there's more to you, than the wars you lose, you'll see Everybody make mistakes Everybody crash along the way I might be going up in flames, but Everybody feel the same Everybody make mistakes Everybody crash along the way I might be going up in flames, but Everybody feel the same I know you did your best There was a lot to lose, don't have shit to prove to me I know you have nothing left But there's more to you, than the wars you lose, you'll see