the good lord knows i tried

from the very first hello to the very last goodbye

from here to there and everything between

all i ever did was try my best to keep you satisfied

and all you ever did was make a fool of me

i tried every way i knew to give you everything i had

and all i ever did was try to treat you right

still the best that i could do was never good enough for you

i couldn't please you but the good lord knows i tried

my old friends they tried to warn me but i paid them all no mind

when i see them now we don't have much to say

for you took everything we had

left me nothing but behind

feelin' like some old forgotten yesterday

i tried every way i knew to give you everything i had

and all i ever did was try to treat you right

still the best that i could do was never good enough for you

i couldn't please you but the good lord knows i tried