I been lookin round a ways Trying to find a few more days I can put into my clocks I watch the time, it slips away Towards the drinks that I could pour And if I poured them I would say All the deadly things I think about Stuck inside my brain When you're looking to the road Wondering if you should go You could leave it all behind And your loved ones pay no mind Life is precious, what they say And if you waste it, waste away Getting wasted, wasting time Looking toward a better day What a pity That's what they'll say It's a shame that he became The very thing that he became What a loss Oh the pain That his family had gone through In carrying his name I been looking round a ways Trying to get out of this haze From the vapors in my head And those little clouds of rain Self-induced from all these things That I took to ease the pain Carried over to who I am Now I'll never be the same What a pity That's what they'll say It's a shame that he became The very thing that he became What a loss Oh the pain That his family had gone through In carrying his name What if you had loved him, loved him better What if you had loved him, would he ever change What if you had loved him, loved him better oh whoa What if you had loved him, loved him better What if you had loved him, would he ever change What if you had loved him, loved him better oh whoa What a pity That's what they'll say It's a shame that he became The very thing that he became What a loss Oh the pain That his family had gone through In carrying his name