I tried
Needed someone who really cared
Were beat before and it left you scared
I gave you everything that I thought you needed
So why’m I feeling like a boxer on his back defeated
I never understand
Not how we planned
She cried
I tried
Sitting alone staring at the regrets I carry
Found the one to be with forever, to marry
I’m driving through a pinball machine and then I tilt
Times get so bad I want to run but it’s not how I’m built
Steam slowly subsides
Emptiness turns my insides
She cried
I tried
But damn I didn’t try hard enough and I ain’t never gonna
quit
It may be dark outside baby, but I see fine cause my torch
is lit
I carry it for you and that damn flame burns me now and then
I’ve been burned before and baby for you I’d be burned again
Cause I am so blind without you
Mama show me lovin’ like you do
Mmm she sighed
I’m glad I tried
Tim Windisch
12/09/2023
