Keep on Trying

I got married in seventy-one
Didn't know I was on the run
Running from myself, running from my mind
Running with the past behind
Soon it turned into a curse
Quarrels, cruelty and worse
I wanted so much but there was nothing there
No-one to love, no-one to care -

But you just got to keep on trying

It's so hard to make things work
Sometimes I think I'll go beserk
The pain and rage well up in me
When I'm fighting constantly to be free

But you just got to keep on trying

The world of men is so unfair
When there's more than enough to share
Northern people losing weight
Southern children with nothing to eat
Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King
They didn't give up they just kept on going
Working to build a better Earth
Working for a rebirth

Yes, you just got to keep on trying

It's so hard to know where to start
In a world that has no heart
Everyone in mental ill-health
Trying to make a pile of wealth for their self

But you just got to keep on trying
When you're lost in the dark, broken, crying
You just got tokeep on trying

No-one to help, no-one to guide
Confusion leads to ruin
No-one to trust in or confide
You don't know what you're doing
Like being together on a sinking ship
Tossed by a raging storm
Maintaining a tenuous grip
Keeping each other warm

You just got to keep on trying

Trying to make a better self
Working to build a better Earth
Trying to make a better self
Working to build a better Earth
You kust got to keep on trying

by Peter Brown  © Chinta Music, 1984