Best That I Knew How

We started talking about nothing at all

We shared a bit of something and I started to fall

A little bit in love I guess I answered a call

Made her more than a friend

So we got married in a rush of youth

Feeling so free, playing fast and loose

I always meant well you know that that's the truth

But I stuffed it up in the end

Wish I could say that I did my best

But it's simply not true

I could have done a whole lot better

If I'd known what to do

I did as much as who I was at the time would allow

I'd like to think that whatever I did, I did the best that I knew how

We brought you home your mum and me

You entered our house turned two into three

So I went to work thought my job was to be

Bringing home big buckets of security

Who knew back then what a father should be

Who knew what a little boy might need

I learned too late what I needed to see

More than anything you needed more of me

That's not to say that I didn't try

That's all I ever did and that's no lie

If I didn't live up to the standards I had

I never thought that I was doing all that bad

The only life I've known has been in my own skin

I've never been the man I wish I'd been

Wish I could say that I did my best

But it's simply not true

I could have done a whole lot better

If I'd known what to do

I did as much as who I was at the time would allow

I'd like to think that whatever I did, I did the best that I knew how

I'd like to think that whatever I did, I did the best that I knew how