No Matter How Hard I Try

I keep on walking in worn out shoes
My back is weary from carrying the blues
I left Chicago
In the cold morning rain

I keep on searching for pearls in the dust
My engine’s busted, my wheels start to rust
Ain’t gettin’ nowhere
This is the end of the line

No matter how hard I try just can’t get her off my mind
Can’t blame it on the whisky or the pills I guzzled down
Can’t live without her lovin’, just can’t stay in this old town
My tears roll on by ‘cross the borderline tonight

Used to have a reason to get out of bed
Life was kinda easy, no dark thoughts in my head
But I killed the beauty
While raising the beast

Her heart’s still beating, just not for me
God knows I’m trying to let it be
My heart was cheating
Now I’m paying the price

No matter how hard I try just can’t get her off my mind
Can’t blame it on the whisky or the pills I guzzled down
Can’t live without her lovin’, just can’t stay in this old town
My tears roll on by ‘cross the borderline tonight
And my tears roll on by ‘cross the borderline tonight