Can't Nobody Say I Didn't Try - Delbert McClinton, Dick50, Dick51

I was there when she fell for the first time

I picked her up and saw the heartache in her eyes

I guess I knew right then how little chance I had to win

But can’t nobody say I didn’t try

She was nineteen years old and already lonely

Lord only knows how many men she’s tried

Why she went from man to man I’ll never understand

But can’t nobody say I didn’t try

I thought that I was just the man to tame her

And save her from the wild side of life

But the wild side had already claimed her

Living way out on the edge that’s what she loves

I read something in a book once about women

Like a rose they last while they last

But she only blooms at night there under the neon lights

But can’t nobody say I didn’t try

She only blooms at night there under the neon lights

But can’t nobody say I didn’t try