There's One Thing That Beats Failing - Bobby Womack

Oh, yes sir

Oh, baby yeah

You know, I remember the first time leavin' home

I wasn’t gone for a week but that was much, much too long

And I recall callin' my mother on the telephone

Before I could say anything

Mama already knew what was wrong and she said:

«There's one thing that’ll beat failing

Oh, that’s trying,» she said

«And if anybody tells you different

They gotta be lyin'»

Just everyday problems

Find a way of bringin' you down

But if you want it bad enough

Find a way of turning it around

You find a way of turning it around

Yeah, oh-yeah

Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah

There’s one thing that’ll beat failin'

And that’s tryin'

And don’t let, don’t let the system catch you

Catch you cryin'

When the pressure builds so high

You gotta somehow break away

But life is all about give and take

Not about runnin' away

You can run, you can’t hide

Just where I don’t know, you can’t hide

Oh baby, oh yeah

Oh, yeah

If anybody ask you, tell 'em I said

There’s one thing that’ll beat failing

That’s trying

If anybody tells you different

They gotta be lying

There’s one thing

There’s one thing that’ll beat failing

It’s tryin'