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Try If You Can

Try if you can
to sweep my mind
for a couple of weeks
Take me somewhere else
going to sleep

Oh the sun and the moon and the stars
the sun and the moon
and the whip comes down
I’ve been lonely
for too long

The world won't stop turning
so try if you can
Rome keeps on burning
so try if you can
Me – I’m still learning
so try if you can

Like a border station baby
like sick dogs
sniffing round disease
I was born a hundred years
too late

In our drunken damnation
overpowering intoxication
a man of the hour
for the moment

The world won't stop turning
so try if you can
Rome keeps on burning
so try if you can
Me – I’m still learning
so try if you can

So try if you can
to stake my heart
and stake your claim
a possible strike
for a possible gain
it's a shame

Persevere baby,
persevere baby persevere
our private hells
they only
happen to us

The world won't stop turning
so try if you can
Rome keeps on burning
so try if you can
Me – I’m still learning
so try if you can

credits

from Primitive Road (1993), released February 1, 1993
Phil Smith - vocals
Bill Napier-Hemy - guitars, keyboards
Ron Allan - bass
John Cody - drums

Written by P.Smith/B.Napier-Hemy.

Recorded at RAD Studios.

Mixed by John Maclean at Howe Sound, Vancouver.

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Phil Smith & Corsage Vancouver, British Columbia

Emerging out of Vancouver during the post-punk era, the musical collective Corsage features the core group of Phil Smith (vocals), Bill Napier-Hemy (guitar), Ron Allan (bass) and John Cody (drums). Over 7 albums and numerous live performances and broadcasts, they have collaborated with some of Vancouver's finest musical and artistic talents on songs that run from trance to hard pop to techno-folk. ... more

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