From the recording Independence Vol 1; demos and outtakes
Rocking out with friends in 1999 after Pilot broke-up and I moved back to Scotts Mills, Oregon from Seattle, Wa. Raphael Rudd plays on this track.
Jeremy Wilson - electric guitar and vocals
Raphael Rudd - keyboard
Sam Densmore - electric guitar
John Densmore - bass
Johnny "Dagger" Studer - drums
Janice Deschene - backing vocals
John Cluff - audio engineer and final mix
Recorded at the Track Shack in Portland, Oregon in winter 2000.
Words and music by Jeremy Wilson (c) 2005 Jeremy Wilson/MastanMusic
Lyrics
Lord I’m Tryin’
It takes awhile sometimes
To overcome and calm down
When everything seems like an ending
Here at the desperate end of a bad deal
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all my fault
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
I was outside in the pouring rain
Wishing it would hail
Come down
And knock out all the lights in town
When’s that purging rain gonna come
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all my fault
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all I’ve done
All I’ve done
Until the morning come
I like awake exhausted
And then remember love is forgiveness
Even at the farthest end of a dead end
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all my fault
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all I’ve done
‘Cause lord I’m tryin
(c)(p) Jeremy Wilson / MastanMusic 2005 ASCAP