The Good Lord Knows I Tried lyrics

From the very first hello to the very last goodbye From here to there and everything between All I ever did was try my best to keep you satisfied And all you ever did was make a fool of me I tried every way I knew to give you everything I had And all I ever did was try to treat you right Still the best that I could do was never good enough for you I couldn't please you but the good lord knows I tried My old friends they tried to warn me but I paid them all no mind When I see them now we don't have much to say For you took everything we had,left me nothing but behind Feelin' like some old forgotten yesterday I tried every way I knew to give you everything I had And all I ever did was try to treat you right Still the best that I could do was never good enough for you I couldn't please you but the good lord knows I tried