The Very Thing

Song The Very Thing
Artist Deacon Blue
Album Raintown

Lyrics

[00:00.01] Stars-The Very Thing (by XI)
[00:05.27]
[00:12.68] The bar closes early on the Sabbath day
[00:16.39] So me and my kid, we hit the park to play
[00:21.30] Then it starts to rain, so we walk home again
[00:25.62] He asks why he was born, I don't know what to say
[00:30.23] I don't feel guilty and I don't feel sad
[00:34.60] This mother****ing life is the best he's had
[00:38.87] I said "I've been there, sonny, and it ain't that bad
[00:43.42] I took my hits from the shits back when I was a lad"
[00:47.97]
[00:48.41] So long ago, and even though I tried
[00:51.85] I couldn't make him see
[00:54.52] The light that he had cast in front of me
[00:58.72] And even though I cried, I couldn't make him be
[01:03.65] The very thing I needed
[01:07.15]
[01:10.01] His mother would make a scene when I come home late
[01:13.88] She looks like she's dying and she's twenty-eight
[01:18.09] I never loved that whore, I never will no more
[01:22.94] Except for a month back in '84
[01:27.90] The jammin' was playing and my heart stood still
[01:32.45] Gazing at her shadow on the windowsill
[01:36.30]
[01:36.95] So long ago, and even though I tried
[01:40.52] I couldn't make her see
[01:43.11] I wasn't quite the man she thought I'd be
[01:47.26] And even though I cried, I couldn't make her be
[01:52.09] The very thing I needed
[01:55.67]
[01:57.05] And even though I tried
[01:58.96] I couldn't make her see
[02:01.51] I wasn't quite the man she thought I'd be
[02:05.34] And even though I cried, I couldn't make her be
[02:10.28] The very thing I needed
[02:14.59]
[02:19.32] Could she be the very thing I needed?
[02:26.15] Could she be the very thing?
[02:29.30]
[02:32.98] Push yourself away from your one best friend
[02:41.99] Who's gonna love you when you reach the end?
[02:50.85] Who will?
[02:55.30] Who will?
[03:00.00] Who will?