YOU TRIED AND YOU TRIED
(WASTIN' YOUR TIME)
Bob Gibson

You tried and you tried
You tried in vain my honey
Why you gonna go and try it all again
You're wasting my time trying to make me settle down

I told you once
I told you twice my honey
Got to have a different woman every night
No matter what you say, can't help my runnin' around

 Well, now, you say I'm as fickle as a man can be
 You say there is no other man as mean as me
 Well there's a million kind of fishes in the sea
 Tonight's my night for variety

You tried and you tried
You tried in vain my honey
Why you gonna go and try it all again
You're wasting your time trying to make me settle down

 Well, now, you're baking me bread and that sweet corn pone
 But a man can't live by bread alone
 I love you mama just the best I can
 Damn sweet woman, I'm a dirty old man

I got a head made of rock and a heart made of stone
A soul that's as cold as an ice cream cone
No matter what you say
I can't help my runnin' around

You tried and you tried
You tried in vain my honey
Why you gonna go and try it all again
You're wasting my time trying to make me settle down



