I Try

Album: On How Life Is (1999)
Charted: 6 5
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  • Games, changes and fears
    When will they go from here
    When will they stop?
    I believe that fate has brought us here
    And we should be together, babe
    But we're not

    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    And I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'

    I try to say goodbye and I choke
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke
    I try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near

    I may appear to be free
    But I'm just a prisoner of your love
    And I may seem alright and smile when you leave
    But my smiles are just a front
    Just a front, hey

    And I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    And I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'

    I try to say goodbye and I choke (yeah)
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke (yeah)
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near

    Here is my confession
    May I be your possession?
    Boy, I need your touch
    Your love, kisses, and such
    With all my might, I try
    But this I can't deny
    Deny

    I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
    But I'm dreaming of you, babe
    And I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'

    I try to say goodbye and I choke (yeah)
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near
    Goodbye and I choke (yeah, yeah, yeah)
    Try to walk away and I stumble (hey, hey, yeah)
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear (sick of love)
    My world crumbles when you are not near (love, your love, kisses ends)
    Goodbye and I choke (goodbye and I choke, yeah)
    Try to walk away and I stumble
    Though I try to hide it, it's clear
    My world crumbles when you are not near

    Yeah, yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah Writer/s: David Lee Wilder, Jeremy Ruzumna, Jinsoo Lim, Macy Gray
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Ade from LibyaReally love this song.... I like Macy's Voice.... Still a kid when this she sang this song.
  • Aotegar from EarthI love the lyrics, her voice so rich and deep that makes it entrancing. Love!!!
  • Mary Helen from HomeThe song was also featured in the farewell episode on Spin City. Micheal J Fox's character, Mike Flaherty was leaving job and city, when the actor was leaving the series and he had said he had Parkingon's. It was very touching, I think it was 2000 or 2001??
  • Mike from Denver, CoMacy ur sooooo cool... class act!
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