His heart is full With steal wool And the bottom of his feet Have been put to rest He can’t dig that deep no more Cause the guilt she laid upon him When she came undressed Madness swirled around It was unfolded unpressed And all she wants to know is darlin’ Did she do her best? She just started smoking again She opened up her mouth Let the sin back in And it choked her She can’t see in the dark no more Cause he took away the space She’d been saving it for denial Madness twirled round in her heart Like it hasn’t in a while Did she do her best To put her world at unrest Did she do her best To put her man at rest He must have known the time
But the clock was like a brick on her chest She wrote bout the jeopardy of circumstance With the ground so soft The trees are falling through the earth And she’s just willing for one more chance To burn it all down And give back whatever it’s worth Madness swirled round And the whole damn thing was unearthed Did she do her best To put her life at unrest Did she do her best To put her man at rest He must have known the time But the clock was like a brick on her chest And all she wants to know is darling Did she do her best And all she wants to know is darling Did she do her best And all she wants to know is darling