She Tried

[Bubba Sparxxx- talking]

Uh huh, yeah

Good Lord

May God have mercy on my soul

[Verse 1- Bubba Sparxxx]

I love her, but you never would know

That by the way I just let my girl go

With tears in her eyes from years of the lies

She backed on up and disappeared out the drive

Wait, hey, what can I say?

All we had means nothin today

I did my thing and she did hers

But my crimes are a wee bit worse

And now I'm sittin here all alone with my guilt

Just me and the dogs in the home that we built

It was Andy's and hers, even though Bubba bought it

But Bubba wouldn't leave just like her mother called it

From the Pink, only to the Blue Flame

God forgive me for causin you pain

All it was, ain't no more

Cause my baby's gone and when it rains it pours

[Hook- Ryan Tedder]

She tried to tell me I needed to be strong

I wasn't listening and now my baby's gone

[Verse 2- Bubba Sparxxx]

One for the pleasure, two for the sin

Three for the family we could a been

Had I not been so concerned

With this life, no spoken words

Could begin to undue what's done

Deep within I know that you must run

Far away, from the thought of my smile

And the broken dream of us walkin that aisle

I first saw Betty in my Nanny White's yard

The breast where the best, and the fanny my lord

A fly country girl, just workin them gifts

She's my queen, was a virgin I guess

But I ain't never ask and I ain't never tell

But Betty had the cash every time I went to jail

And how did I reward her loyalty

Let her walk in and see her cousin Joy on me

[Hook]

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[Verse 3- Bubba Sparxxx]

It's been six months and still no word

I try to carry on like it still don't hurt

Hoes come around but I still won't flirt

Drinking's worse and the pills don't work

Last I heard she was in Birmingham

Livin with a good hard workin man

And lookin back on it, that's exactly what she wanted

Not a rebel with a passion for the moment

I live for the fiddle and the kick in the snare

I take my love and I stick it in there

Moved it gently and made this song

All because my baby's gone

[Hook]