Did Your Best - Nova Rockafeller

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 gotten 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 his 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 lived 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 till 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