Lyrics to
Tryin’

This version of Tryin’ was released by Eagles in 1972.

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I’m just arriving in the city
and there’s music on my mind
lookin’ for my destination and
my home is far behind
‘Cause it’s a long road ahead
and you can make it in the end
and I’m gonna make it with my friends
And I’m tryin’
It took me sometime to see it
now I’m looking through this world
and it’s gonna take some time before
I get back, help me girl
’cause you can make it if you try
you gotta lay it on the line
and everything will be fine if you try
Sittin’ smokin’ just a thinkin’
is an easy thing to do
We gotta keep on trying for
the feelin’ to come through
and it’s a lonely way to live
you gotta take it, you gotta live
if you mistake it, just try again
and I’m trying, yeah!
Got to keep on trying
Ah, we got to keep on trying
Yeah I’m trying….

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Tryin’, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by Eagles. Some of the lyrics to Tryin’ have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Eagles and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Tryin’ if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Tryin’" means the words set to the music of Tryin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Eagles. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Tryin’ and the lyrics to Tryin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Eagles who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tryin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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