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Try Again Lyrics by Joe Iconis

Album

2015

Someone else's success is not your failure
Except, when it is
Like if you're an actor and another actor gets the part you auditioned for
Well then? Then it is

But hey, it's okay
I still love you, actor
So don't hate me when I say

If at first you don't succeed
If life don't give you what you need
Just try, and try again

If you give it your best shot
And the assholes say it's not
Just try, and try again

Just try, and try and try and try
And try and try and try
'Till the day that you die

The cream always rises to the top
Except, when it won't
Like if you slave away for years at writing and you find yourself in the same place now that you were when you started
Then, it don't

But yo, you gotta know
That even though it's so cliche
You must go on with the show

And if at first you don't succeed
And your fingers start to bleed
Just try, and try again

And if you bare your very soul
And the critics' eyeballs roll
Just try, and try again

Just try, and try and try and try
And try and try and try
'Till the day that you die

If you're standing on a rooftop
And you jump off of the building
Because you want it all to end

And you land six feet below
Upon a fire escape you didn't know was there at all
Then listen friend

Ignore my oft repeated line
Just dust yourself off, honey
And respect that that was a sign

Because if your suicide goes bust
Then you absolutely must not
Try, don't try again

Use the stairs, walk to the street
See the people, feel the heat
And apply yourself again

If at first you don't succeed
If life don't give you what you need
Just try, and try again

If you throw in your whole heart
And they go recast the part
Just try, and try again

If the big-shots condescend
Fuck those bastards, find a friend
Oh, and try, and try again

When they cast you out to sea
There's a lifeboat manned by me
Called try and try again

So just try, and try and try and try
And try and try and try
'Till the day that we die

And I will try hard as I can to thrive
If you help me survive
As long as we're alive
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Joe Iconis

Joe Iconis

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"Try Again" is credited to Joe Iconis. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Try Again" appears on "Album" in 2015.

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