I walked into your store Just to have a look around Asked if you could help me With the bargain I had found Tried to explain to you, darlin' That I was just a working man You came up with some term That I could not understand Oh, little lady

In that moment I gave my heart away Forever your eyes Will hold the memory Forever your eyes will hold the memory I saw your heart as it overtook me We tried so hard to understand and reason But in that one moment I gave my heart away I gave my heart

I've got money now There is no prize When I was a young buck I tried to be liked by I tried so hard to be funny and nice I tried so hard to be sugar and spice

What more can I do, there's nothing I haven't tried Still it's so hard for her to notice I've tried hard to be straight There's nothing left I can say If only she would look my way She don't know me, she don't know She don't see me, she don't care She

Never believe in a heart like hers again Never believe Tried, so hard to believe in something that will never be, never be Believe in a heart like hers again Done, done is all the love, love that I had saved for you Gone, gone with my heart, locked

I'm leaving you, woman Before I commit a crime You tried so hard to kill me But baby, it was not my time You put poison in my coffee Instead of milk or cream You're the evilest woman I think I've ever seen You mix my drink

Asking where you might have gone From what I knew before Some things are worth fighting for So I wander on You said I could never find A way to ease your mind That where I'd go you'd wind up in the dust I tried so hard to have you reach Another side of me

I have tried so hard not to be like them I have found they don't ever say what they mean There is a truth, there is a light if you'd follow me there I'm convinced the world doesn't know what it needs While you're deciding what to do I've been trying to

Your time will come if you wait for it, if you wait for it It's hard, believe me I've tried I'm sorry, mother I'm sorry, I let you down Well, these days I'm fine No these days I tend to lie I'll take the West train, just by the side of Amsterdam Just by

Can you hear the bell? How could I turn around? Face the sound of the bell that shines? Ring it out, trim it out To drag me back down But I'm not coming home Till I stop pretending I tried hard to be brave I tried hard not to be afraid