We Tried

The world is changing all the time And you know it ain't right Yeah, I know you think twice And love, it takes you on a ride And leaves you with no respite Well, I think I've done my time But I I don't want to cry So take me where the bluebirds sing While we lose everything There's too much poisoning And fly me where the birds still fly 'Cause smoke fills up our sky 'Cause we ran out of time Oh well, we tried Well, maybe this was meant to be A mother wanted peace And we were not conceived Or maybe we were meant to win But not enough good drowned out the sin They watched the world cave in But I I can't work out why So take me where the bluebirds sing While we lose everything There's too much poisoning And fly me where the birds still fly 'Cause smoke fills up our sky 'Cause we ran out of time Oh well, we tried (We tried, we tried, we tried, we tried) (We tried, we tried, we tried, we tried) (We tried, we tried, we tried, we tried) Oh well, we tried