Try a Little Harder
Music: Louise Hoffsten / Lyrics: Louise Hoffsten, Terry Cox
Album by Louise Hoffsten: "BEAUTIFUL (BUT WHY?)" (BMG Music Sweden)
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Got the taste of
death in my mouth
Can’t see nothin’
but walls of clouds
I’m falling fast now
spiraling down
Need a parachute
or I’m gonna die on the ground

Lying face up
in the mud of my pain        
Mortal wound no
blood can explain
The sun is shining
for everybody else
but I can’t see the sky
when there is no light in myself

I’ve got to
try a little harder
do a little better
sit down and write
God a letter
and ask for some strength
to chase this devil away

I could hang my
heart from a tree
Put some bitter
poison in me
Lay my head down
and drown in my tears --
Sink like a stone
deep in my river of fears

Little voice in
the back of my mind
Tells me don’t be
wastin’ my time
Visions of the
ghost of a friend
Showin’ me this
isn’t how life’s s’pose to end --

Got to try a little harder
do a little better
sit down and write
God a letter
and ask for some strength
to chase the devils away

I’ve got one
I’ve got two
I’ve got a few
humble things to do --

Got to try a little harder
Do a little better
Sit down and write
God a letter
And ask for some strength, yeah
to try a little harder
Laugh a little louder
Stand up and dance
A little prouder
Face the day
And chase my devils away