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
Thinkin' 'bout giving up
She married young and always felt like
She'd got in too deep
Started feelin' 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 hеr heart
That they don't speak
Hе 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 (Did your best)
There was a lot to lose
Don't have shit to prove to me
I know you have nothing left (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 wonderin' 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 (Come back)

I know you did your best (Did your best)
There was a lot to lose
Don't have shit to prove to me
I know you have nothing left (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 goin' 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 (Did your best)
There was a lot to lose
Don't have shit to prove to me
I know you have nothing left (Nothing left)
But there's more to you than
The wars you lose, you'll see