Lyrics:

“The Best of Me” was recorded during the sessions for 2003’s Permission To Land, but was not included in the final track-list. It was later released as a B-side on the “Get Your Hands Off My Woman” single.
I get up (He gets up)
To see you wallow in defeat
I get down (He gets down)
With almost everybody I meet

Except you, and I fail to see why I should care
That you have had thirty-six years of pain to share

I did what I did, what I did for you
You've got the best of me
Oh, I did what I did for you
You've got the best of me, yeah

I get up (He gets up)
Singular perpetually
I get down (He gets down)
To watch you fail spectacularly

Oh boy, and I fail to see why I should care
That you have had thirty-seven years of pain to share

I did what I did, what I did for you
You've got the best of me
Oh, I did what I did, for you
You've got the best of me, ee-hee


Did what I did, what I did for you
You've got the best of me
Oh, did what I did for you
You've got the best of me, mama-mama, yeah