You Loved Me - Joy Williams

I thought you wouldn’t love me if I didn’t do everything right

So I lied to tell the truth and hid myself most of all from you

Good was never perfect, perfect never could be good enough for me

But I tried and I failed

And you loved me

Oh, I tried and I failed

And you loved me

I had all the answers;

that was easier than facing the dark

And I sold my story until the story started falling apart

Every secret spoken, out there in the open

I’ve pretended not to see

And I tried and I failed

And you loved me

And I tried and I failed

And you loved me

I may never understand why I walked so far away

I may never understand what it is that makes you stay

When I try, when I fail

And you love me

When I try and I fail

And you love me

And I try and I fail

And you love me

And I try and I fail

And you love me