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Lyrics
[Intro]
Old coat on a crooked nail
Coffee gone cold on the stove
One sock with a hole in the heel
Morning comes anyway
[Verse 1]
I was born with a rusted key
Opens some doors
Not the ones I dreamed
Hand-me-down heart
Secondhand faith
Learning slow how to carry the weight
[Chorus]
I’ll make the best out of what I’ve got
Patchwork prayers and a parking-lot job
Turn these cracked-up hands
Into something like a song
It isn’t what I asked
But it’s what I’ve been taught
You just do the best
Do the best with what you’ve got
[Verse 2]
My father’s watch never kept good time
But it ticks on my wrist
All the same
All the while
I missed my chance
She caught that train
Still I set one plate
Whisper her name
[Chorus]
I’ll make the best out of what I’ve got
One chair
One glass
And a suitcase of thoughts
Turn these empty rooms
Into something like a home
It isn’t what I planned
But it’s all that I’ve got
You just do the best
Do the best with what you’ve got
[Bridge]
Some get gold
Some get stone
Some find crowds
Some walk alone
I found dust on my windowsill
And a small
Stubborn will (oh)
[Chorus]
I’ll make the best out of what I’ve got
Worn-out shoes on this crooked sidewalk
Turn these slow
Low breaths
Into something like a prayer
It isn’t what I chose
But it’s all that I’ve got
So I’ll do my best
Do my best with what I’ve got
Details
GeneratedFeb 17, 2026
Duration3:39
LanguageEnglish
Style
rock, Sparse acoustic ballad, male vocals in a low near-spoken register. Close-mic nylon-string guitar with slow, deliberate fingerpicking, subtle room reverb. Verses stay intimate and dry; bass creeps in on the second chorus with soft drums using brushes and a distant organ pad. The energy arcs from murmured confession to a weary, resolute final chorus, ending on a lone guitar chord that rings out., deep, low, slow, pop, vocal, ballad
Credits
Prompt by
James6346
James6346ModelAria v5
Prompt
Aucustic low slow finger playing intro Deep dark Leonard Cohen slow almost talking vocal rock pop ballad
About doing the best out of what you got
