Tom Kimmel

Lyrics

I’m trying to be happy for you
But the words won’t come the way I want ‘em to
The more I talk it’s like the less it’s true
And the less I want to say it again

I’m trying to be happy for you
Trying to turn a gray sky blue
I hurt like a dog no matter what I do
But I’m trying to be happy for you

I’m trying to be a full-grown man
Making sense of something he don’t understand
When you’re falling in love you know it’s never the plan
And never how you want it to end

It’s never what you wanted to do
Nobody’s ever into playing the fool
And it makes you crazy trying to work it through
I’m trying to be happy for you

How can you know you got it right for everybody
When you’ll never walk a mile in my shoes
And why would you say I never gave you what you needed
And expect me to believe it
When I’m trying to be happy for you

I’m trying to make a bad thing good
I’m trying to make it go the way you said it would
I’ve lost my way around the neighborhood
Forgotten everything I knew

I’m trying to be happy for you
Trying to take the bird’s-eye view
But every night’s another déjà vu
I’m trying to be happy for you

How can you know you got it right for everybody
When you’ll never walk a mile in my shoes
And why would you say I‘ll never give you what you need
Unless you think I might believe it’s something long overdue
See I believe you’re turning me loose
Still I’m trying to be happy for you
I’m trying to be happy for you
Trying to be happy for you
Trying to be happy for you
I’m trying to be happy for you


Words & Music: Tom Prasada-Rao, Michael Lille & Tom Kimmel
©2023 Simple Gift Music (BMI)/Downstream Lean Music (BMI)/Morrissette Music (ASCAP)