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Gonna Try to Love You

from boys will be boys by alex & the people

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lyrics

[Verse 1]
There's a little part of me
And a little part of you
That are painful reflections
Like we know each other's truth

It's hard to give you love
When you're lost and you don't care
So I clench my jaw instead
And leave this broken stare

But that ain’t got us anywhere

[Chorus]
So I’m gonna try to love you
And I’m gonna to try to hold you
So I’m gonna try to love you
And I’m gonna try to hold you
Cuz loving you is all that's left to do

[Verse 2]
I know he tried to show me
But he had never known that love
So we left these broken shadows
Swept time under the rug

But I keep trying to win this
Like it will ever soothe my soul
But this trail of no amends
Has left me dark and cold

But I don’t wanna do that anymore

[Chorus]
So I’m gonna try to love you
And I’m gonna to try to hold you
So I’m gonna try to love you
And I’m gonna try to hold you

[Bridge]
There's shards of broken glass
I keep letting people down
But I say it's for the better
While I straighten out my crown

Cuz I'm not scared of anything
Gonna climb this lonely tree
Like salvation's at the top
But it's only you and me

[Chorus]
So I’m gonna try to love you
And I’m gonna to try to hold you
So I’m gonna try to love you
And I’m gonna try to hold you
So I’m gonna try to love me
And I’m gonna try to show me
Cuz loving me is all that's left to do
Cuz loving me is all that's left to do

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from boys will be boys, released April 25, 2020

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alex & the people Boston, Massachusetts

A son of immigrants who fled at midnight saving money under bathroom tiles. Given new life from strangers turned family and late nights cleaning hospital floors. We question, we push, we wrestle. We're stubborn and proud like the wrinkles on Yiayia's cheeks, but we soften and change. Culture runs deep, sorrow runs deep, love runs deep-brandy into the fire, a violin cries while the gypsies weep... ... more

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