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DJ Shadow – I've Been Trying (2010) | Track profile | Dork

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DJ Shadow
The Less You Know, the Better
I've Been Trying

TRACK

I've Been Trying

Release date: 1st August 2010

From The Less You Know, the Better

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About This Track

"I've Been Trying" is a track by DJ Shadow, from the album The Less You Know, the Better, released 1st August 2010. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow

Lyrics

I've Been Trying

[Spoken intro]

Hi kitten, this one's for you...

[Chorus]

I've been trying to get you to love me

I've been trying to get you to care

Put forth a lot of effort

But I just don't seem to get nowhere

I've been trying to get you to love me

I've been trying to get you to care

Put forth a lot of effort

But I just don't seem to get nowhere

I've been trying to get you to love me

I've been trying to get you to care

Put forth a lot of effort

But I just don't seem to get nowhere

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Track details

From The Less You Know, the Better

2010

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Album

The Less You Know, the Better

Release year

2010

—Back to Front (Circular Logic)
—Def Surrounds Us
—Circular Logic (Front To Back)
—Come on Riding (Through the Cosmos)
—Border Crossing
—Warning Call
—Going Nowhere
—I Gotta Rokk
—(Not So) Sad and Lonely
—Run For Your Life
—Stay The Course
—Sad And Lonely
—Tedium
—Enemy Lines
—Redeemed
—Give Me Back The Nights
—Let's Get It (Bass, Bass, Bass)
—I've Been Trying
—Warning Call
3:35

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