
Date of issue: 21.07.2008
Record label: Shout! Factory
Song language: English
That's Me Trying |
I got your address from the phone book at the library |
Wandered in, looked you up and you were there |
Weird that you’ve been living, maybe, 2 miles away for the best part of 20 years |
You must be, what, in your early forties now |
If I remember |
You were born in June or was it May? |
Eisenhower was the president although it may have been JFK |
Years of silence |
Not enough who could blame us giving up? |
Above the quiet, there’s a buzz |
That’s me trying |
You still working in that store on ventura? |
You still going with… no, that’s not fair |
I know I haven’t been the very best of dads |
I’ll hold my hand up there |
The reason that I’m writing is that I’d like for us to meet |
Get a little daughter dad action going soon |
We can put things behind us |
Eat some pizza, drink some beer |
Y-you still see your sister Lemli? |
Bring her, too |
Years of silence, not enough |
Who could blame us giving up? |
Above the quiet, there’s a buzz |
That’s me trying |
But I don’t want to talk about any of that bad stuff |
Why I missed out on your wedding and your high school graduation |
I’d like to explain, but I can’t |
So let’s keep things neutral |
Stick to topics that won’t bug us |
How 'bout this? |
Let’s choose a book and we’ll read it before we meet |
Then we can sit down at a restaurant |
Have a look at the menu and talk about it while we eat |
See… if we never had a problem |
Then that’s what life would be like |
Easy |
Uncomplicated |
Cool |
So let’s just pretend that the past didn’t happen |
I don’t really like thriller as well |
I don’t want to know if I’ve got grandchildren |
No need to tell me where I went wrong |
I don’t want to know what happened in your thirties |
You wanna try «Cold Mountain»? |
Or is that too long? |
Years of silence, not enough |
Who could blame us giving up? |
Above the quiet there’s a buzz |
That’s me trying |
(That's me trying) |
That’s me trying |
(That's me trying) |
(I'm trying) |
Above the quiet, there’s a buzz |
(I'm trying) |
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Artist lyrics: William Shatner
Artist lyrics: Aimee Mann
Artist lyrics: Ben Folds