Still Tryin' Lyrics

Bluejeans worn clean through to my knees

And my collar is limp and frayed

The soles of my shoes are somewhere behind

I think I lost them along the way

My story's full of pages torn with creased-wrinkled lines

The bottoms of my pockets have holes worn through

Like the holes in my tired mind in my tired mind

A man told me in confidence that heaven knows I'm here

And he read it from a book from another time

He mumbled and it didn't seem clear

He talked of a god and his only son

And of me who they yet hadn't found

He cued up the band and said get to your knees

I guess he didn't see me on the ground I was on the ground

Still tryin' after all this time

Still tryin' to carry the miles

Still tryin' after all this time

Still tryin' to marry the smiles

After all this time after all these miles

I've been low enough to crawl under a snake

And as high as an eagle flies

I'll never give up I'll never say never

I love an open road starin' me in the eye

Well I once had a choice of roads

But I couldn't decide a way

So I tossed up a coin but it never came down

And it still ain't been found today

So I'm rolling back down to the open seas with a dirty wind-torn sail

To find that coin that I chose heads to see if it tells a tail if it tells a tale

J. Brian Copyright 2019 Star Stuff Music (SOCAN)