Never Quite The Man

Words & Music © 2012 Jeffrey E. McCaskill. All Rights Reserved.

There were branches out of reach, yeah 
Even when I climbed out on your bottom bough 
I lost my balance and began a mad descent 
I thought you’d surely catch me 
But you watched me hit the ground 
Watched me hit the ground. 

I never knew just how immortal 
You’d become in just a few short years abroad 
I thought I’d maybe go to night school 
So that we could sound cool 
At the hippest shows and all the right soirées 
All the right soirées. 

But signs were all around me 
That I wasn’t worthy, no, you never thought I was 
I heard you asking of your friends 
Just how to softly end a thing that wasn’t love 
And never could become 
No, never could become. 

It’s time I made an exit, 
Go before they hex it, don’t look back before you’re home 
You know she wasn’t quite the girl to build a life with 
And you were never quite the man
No, never quite the man 
Never quite the man.