In the bar that I brought her
It was there that I was cornered
Broke my nose in the backyard
I was drunk and they were faster
She was there with her baby
She said this is your baby
I'm a captain in the navy
Have you seen our wages lately?
That's why:
This life wasn't meant for you
I can tell you that it isn't mine
This life wasn't meant for you...
and I hardly need to tell you why
She said I knew that you would be here
It was clear that you would be here
She said she hoped that I would stay near
I said let's go back in, I'll buy you a beer
The baby looked like she was angry
She would cry and then she'd fall asleep
I'm just some nothing in the navy
It's been months since my lucky streak
That's why
This life wasn't meant for you
You were never meant to be alive
This life wasn't meant for you
I'd do better than to call you mine
This life wasn't meant for you
I'll stop wasting everybody's time
This life wasn't meant for you
I’d do better than to call you mine
But I feel you in my heart
Wasting it away
If only you would call her yours
And I know that I'm alone
Felt it ever since she was born
This can't be ignored
And I hear you when she cries likes she's bleeding
and I feel you when my card is denied
and I wash you off her clothes, smell you in the gas I can't buy
and I know you’ve got a life independent
and I know you’ve got your own bills to pay
Should I tear myself away?
Polish off my drink?
Running out the door back to cracking kitchen sinks where I’ll stay
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