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Moment I Try

from Proving Ground by Tae Phoenix

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Sometimes trying to help leaves you haunted. This song was inspired by a young mother I met in a small Midwestern airport while I was en route to a gig. She seemed down on her luck, so I offered to give her and her baby a ride where they needed to go, only to end up wishing I'd put them back on a plane to where they'd come from instead.

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All of nineteen, barely old enough to be
all that I see in that baggage claim seat.
Crying girl child on her lap, no ride in sight.
Calling mama for money she ain't got. Try to do what's right

Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try

If she's afraid, you can't see it on her face.
"We'll be okay, just gotta get to his place.
He got too drunk to come and get us so we'll go there.
Have to try one more time for her sake, but I'm aware."

Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try
Moment I try try try

She says "he only hit me that one time," an hour into the drive.
I say, "I'll turn this car around now. Get you out alive."

Moment I try

She says, "I know him sober. Gotta help him survive.
I know he wants to change. Love will keep us alive."

Moment I try
Moment I
Moment I try
Moment I try

All of nineteen, barely old enough to be

credits

from Proving Ground, released February 18, 2020
Vox: Tae Phoenix
Organ: Bob Vonfeldt
Bass: Matt Wexler
Drums & Percussion: Michael Ahrens

Produced by: Dave Miner

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protest singer • queer disabled latina jew • conditionally white class traitor • she / ella

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