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This gettin' up early pulling double shifts

 Gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich

 But I'm trying

 It's been two years since we finalized

 Still ain't used to putting "X" in front of wife

 But I'm trying

Send more money right away

 Is pretty much all she has to say when she calls these days

 And don't you be late

Chorus

 But all I can do, is all I can do

 And I keep on tryin'___

 And all I can be, is all I can be

 And I keep on tryin'___

 But there's always a mountin in front of me

Seems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing

 But I keep on trying...

Verse 2

Well I remember daddy sayin "Keep your eye on the ball"

Run like hell, play to win, get up when you fall"

I'm tryin'

Don't say nothing that you can't take back

Never do anything you might regret, no don't do that

Daddy, I'm tryin'

Know the difference 'tween Heaven and Hell

Go easy on the bottle, be hard on yourself

And I know he meant well

Chorus

 But all I can do, is all I can do

 And I keep on tryin'___

 And all I can be, is all I can be

 And I keep on tryin'___

 But there's always a mountin in front of me

Seems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing

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But I keep on trying...

Solo

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Reprise:

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But all I can do, is all I can do

And I keep on tryin'

And all I can be, well that's all I can be

And I keep on tryin'

All I can do, is all I can do

But I keep on tryin'

There's always a mountain in front of me

Seems I'm always climbing, then stumbling, and then falling, and then climbing

But I keep on tryin'

This gettin' up early pulling double shifts

Gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich

 But I'm tryin...