And I wonder day to day
I don't like you anyway
I don't need your shit today
You're pathetic in your own way

I feel for you, better fuckin' go away
I will behave, better fuckin' go away

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did

I don't need to fantasize
You are my pet, all the time
I don't mind if you go blind
You get what you get
Until you're through with mine

Life, I feel for you, better fuckin' go away
I will behave, you better go away
I feel for you, better fuckin' go away
I will behave, you better go away

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away

I'm doing the best I ever did (go away)
I'm doing the best that I can (go away)
I'm doing the best I ever did (go away)
I'm doing the best that I can (go away)

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away

I'm doing the best I ever did
I'm doing the best that I can
I'm doing the best I ever did
Now go away

(yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

I'm doing the best I ever did (go away)
I'm doing the best that I can


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    this song is about someone who is tired of all the shit that life has put him through....not only that, i get the impression that it's about an ex-girlfriend who screwed him over big time....

    punkrockron June 02, 2002   Link

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