My sister´s doin´ her best
But every time her dad gets dressed
Her mama goes to smoke a cigarette
It´s kinda hard to pretend
It isn´t valid ´cause what happens

If he has a heart attack again
While he´s balancin´ checks?
To put some food up on the table
Keep the family goin´ stable
And I´m takin´ a breath
Keepin´ peace and watchin´ cable
Gonna get out when I´m able

Oh, that was the show
I didn´t know
That when you grow up in a home
Where every door´s closed
You feel so alone

I´m just doin´ the best I can, mm
They were doin´ their best back then, mm
And I know it´s not okay
But in a way, I understand

´Cause I´m doin´ the best I can, mm
Family, man

I really don´t remember much before the age of ten
My dog Dodger and a Beatles poster over my bed
If every day was Disney and I never found the Internet
Then maybe I´d be doin´ better up in my head
Sortin´ through these pictures and the facts from their opinions
When it´s time to take advice and when it´s time to be dismissive
My dad would blame his trauma when he asked to be forgiven
When you´re used to gettin´ yelled at, it´s hard to learn to listen

Oh, that was the show
The curtains have closed
But I know I´m not alone

I´m just doin´ the best I can, mm
They were doin´ their best back then, mm
And I know it´s not okay
But in a way, I understand
´Cause I´m doin´ the best I can, mm
Family, man

Now they´re movin´ to Michigan, mm
Gives me somethin´ to miss again, mm
And I can feel it in the rain
While I´m flyin´ to Japan
And my sister´s in LA
Tryin´ to figure out a plan
We didn´t cause the pain

But the healing´s in our hands
And we´re doin´ the best we can, mm

Yeah, we´re doin´ the best we can, mm
Family, man
Family, man