Lyrics Paul Carrack

Paul Carrack

The Best I Could

When the kids are leaving home

And I'm walking round an empty house

Filled with love and memories

And a feeling that makes me so proud

Like ice in a glass we melted our days

Our time slips away

If I can't say I did my best

I worked so hard and saved to live just like the rest

The simple things in that life made us feel good

As long as I can say I did the best I could

Now the leaves are on the ground

And the games have packed into a drawer

I look back and feel the love

That I was always searching for

Like dice in a cup we rattle around

With both feet on the ground

If I can't say I did my best

I worked so hard and saved to live just like the rest

The simple things in that life made us feel good

As long as I can say I did the best I could

The best I could

I will not have to lose a wink of sleep

The best I could

To give away the things I couldn't keep

When the kids have all left home

But they come around to see us anyway

We can look back and say

We did our best in each and every way

Like dice in a cup we rattle around

With both feet on the ground

If I can't say I did my best

I worked so hard and saved to live just like the rest

The simple things in that life made us feel good

As long as I can say I did the best I could

The best I could

I will not have to lose a wink of sleep

The best I could

To give away the things I couldn't keep