I Tried to Do the Right Thing - Children 18:3

Running over all the barriers I set

To keep an even keel to the pressure

Flooding over into basements

Getting wet inside, wet inside

And I fall, I’ve fallen in trouble

With all my plans and good intentions

Is there a momentary letup?

I can’t

Breathe or keep an even keel to the weather

«Sir, we can’t sustain another hit

Like that — it’s devastating»

But every winter melts into a spring

And every break would mend if

You’d just use the proper sling

I tried to do the right thing

I tried to do the right thing

I tried to do the right thing

I’ve got a lot of little oceans I

Can’t swim or seem to pull ahead in the desert

And this might take some time when I can’t fit me

Into the puzzle when it’s all green and I’m so yellow

Is there a momentary letup here?

I can’t go on, can’t

Push on I wouldn’t mention it except I think I’m lost

Been lost so long

But every winter melts into a spring

And every break would mend if

You’d just use the proper sling

I tried to do the right thing

I tried to do the right thing

Ba da da da bum bum

Ba da da da bum bum bum

Bum bum bum

Bum bum bum

Everyone gets knocked down

Keep calm and carry on

If you don’t learn to endure heavy things

How can you ever hope to get strong?

Like every winter melts into a spring

And I can only keep on trying

Until these lungs won’t sing

I tried to do the right thing

I tried to do the right thing

I tried to do the right thing

I tried to do the right thing

I tried to do the right thing

Storm clouds are coming, raindrops are falling

Come inside, run inside