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I've Tried to Write You

from Cardboard Vegas Roundabout by Dave Caruso

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I've Tried To Write You
(Words & music ©2014 by Dave Caruso)

Funny how it all comes down to this
It seems so obvious but I never dreamed you’d call it quits
I wrote it down so I could make some sense
I know things have gotten tense and I see what we’ve been up against

There you are, so far away from me / Tell me now: Why does this have to be?

I've tried to write you / Sometimes when I'm in bed
Ideas from my head / Come rushing out that I can’t say aloud
I’ve tried to reach you / But you’re all locked up inside
We can’t face the things we hide / In love you don’t get points for having tried

Sorry for the things I never said
Breakdown dead ahead, baby, can’t we work it out instead?
Can we find a way for you to stay?
Can we give it one more day / Nothing’s ever solved by running away

There you are, so far, so good to me / Tell me now: How can I make you see?

I've tried to write you / Sometimes when I'm in bed
The verses in my head / Come pouring out, but I can’t sort ‘em out
I’ve tried to reach you / It’s tearin’ me apart
Be still my breaking heart / I won’t sleep tonight until I get it right

But it's not wrong to try and find / The love you left behind with me
Cause though we're not together / The future will be better

I've tried to write you / Sometimes when I'm in bed
Whatever’s in my head / Comes rushing out and I just blurt it out
But trying to reach you / Between quotation marks (Quotation marks)
Is like matching socks in the dark (I’m in the dark) / I’m hangin’ on despite that last remark
I’ve tried to write you / The things I never said (The things I never said)
The shit that’s in my head (It’s in my head) / I lose my pen and still I try again
I’ve tried to reach you / But it’s all locked up inside
We can’t face the things we hide / In love you don’t get points for having tried
Funny how it all comes down to this

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from Cardboard Vegas Roundabout, released June 11, 2014
Kevin Holevar: Electric guitars, finger snaps
Dave Caruso: Vocals, piano, electric & acoustic guitars, bass, wind chimes, finger snaps, samples, synths

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Dave Caruso Detroit, Michigan

Dave Caruso is a melodic pop songwriter, indie recording artist & music educator from Detroit, MI.

Dave offers a series of livestream songwriting courses at his website.

He's also the creator and host of SongwriterStories.com, a songwriting and music discovery podcast, featuring fascinating interviews with songwriters like Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw, Vicki Peterson and Tony Macaulay. ... more

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