Bill Osofsky songs
I TRIED AGAIN
(verse)
Mama worked two jobs for little James and me
But beer and girls meant more than school at seventeen
And trouble seemed to follow me like some ole mutt
Until one night the sheriff knocked me on my butt
The look in mama's eyes just tore my guts apart
And I wondered was it too late for a fresh new start
(chorus)
If I tried again
I can get it right
Cause I'm not a guy who goes without a fight
I can be a better man than what I've been
If I buckled down and I tried again.
(verse)
But change was hard still hangin' with the same ole boys
And mama's lectures sounded just like so much noise
But when Sandi let me know that she was three weeks late
Her trembling fingers felt more like the hands of fate
"You're gonna be a daddy" hit upside my head
And mama, me and Sandi all cried as I said
(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
Well I signed up for some courses on the internet
And I told Sandi please don't give up on me yet
I'm gonna build a future out of past regrets
That's a real good bet, yeah, that's a real good bet
(chorus 2)
Cause I tried again
And I got it right
Cause I'm not a guy who goes without a fight
I became a better man than what I'd been
When I buckled down and I tried again.
Yeah, I buckled down and I tried again.
Bill Osofsky BMI, Todd Caudill copyright
(verse)
Mama worked two jobs for little James and me
But beer and girls meant more than school at seventeen
And trouble seemed to follow me like some ole mutt
Until one night the sheriff knocked me on my butt
The look in mama's eyes just tore my guts apart
And I wondered was it too late for a fresh new start
(chorus)
If I tried again
I can get it right
Cause I'm not a guy who goes without a fight
I can be a better man than what I've been
If I buckled down and I tried again.
(verse)
But change was hard still hangin' with the same ole boys
And mama's lectures sounded just like so much noise
But when Sandi let me know that she was three weeks late
Her trembling fingers felt more like the hands of fate
"You're gonna be a daddy" hit upside my head
And mama, me and Sandi all cried as I said
(repeat chorus)
(bridge)
Well I signed up for some courses on the internet
And I told Sandi please don't give up on me yet
I'm gonna build a future out of past regrets
That's a real good bet, yeah, that's a real good bet
(chorus 2)
Cause I tried again
And I got it right
Cause I'm not a guy who goes without a fight
I became a better man than what I'd been
When I buckled down and I tried again.
Yeah, I buckled down and I tried again.
Bill Osofsky BMI, Todd Caudill copyright
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