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Artist: Pepper Coyote
Canonical path: /pepper-coyote/i-can-always-say-i-tried
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I Can Always Say I Tried
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I Can Always Say I Tried
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Be it near or be it farther
Every beat was gettin' stronger without you
Be a loser or a cheat
Commemorate the flaws repeat them at your peril
And ooh it hurts too long, mmh
And ooh the earth may never notice and why should she?
Does it hurt you like it hurts me
Open water dusk to dawn
If it kills us, then so be it
I won't be hangin' on, and I
Can always say I tried
Be you daughters be you songs
We'll give you all of what we are for good or worse
Be it godly referendum or a weakly uttered whisper we will
Pick up our pieces we will finish what we can
And ooh it hurts too long, mmh
And ooh the earth may never notice and why should she?
Does it hurt you like it hurts me
Open water dusk to dawn
If it kills us, then so be it
I won't be hangin' on, and I
Can always say I tried
Tell the angels mind their business
They aren't reaping what I've sewn
Beat me down destroy my army
Break me up then make me whole
Tell the angels mind their business
They aren't reaping what I've sewn
Beat me down destroy my army
Break me up then make me whole
Does it hurt you
Like it hurts me?
Does it hurt you?
Mmh, mmh
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