I Tried

My lover looks me in the eye

Says baby you failed me

If your love is really true

Why don't I feel set free



Aw bail me out baby

I'm not meant for this prision cell

So I fought for him

How could I know he brought it on himself



And now I'd like to say

Final score aside

That even though I failed in your eyes

I tried



I tried

So I bailed him out with all my cash

I bailed him out with my love

Distracted all the prision guards



With stone trumpet from up above

I even pulled the warden over to one side

I said leave for him to foreswear my penance

For his crime



And now I'd like to say

Final score aside

Even though I failed in your eyes

I tried



I tried it

And with all the pain in this world

That my love could go to change

How could I fail at freeing only one man from his own cage



And though it hurts to think of him

Cursing me for one thing

And it hurts to think of me

No longer believing



But in the end they told me

Sorry he isn't good enough

And it finally occurred to me

Why his life is so damn rough



And now I'd like to say

Final score aside

That even though I failed in your eyes

I know I hurt you maybe a lot



Oh blame me til the day that I die

But I tried

I tried

Baby I tried



Yeah

I tried I tried I tried