Try try try

On my way to work a few mornings back, i had my new CD on and heard this:



Thought the lyrics were awesome and decided to check on the full lyrics and see if it was do-able for a 20 minute lesson.

T-R-Y
Oh baby we can fight like dogs we can fight like cats
a dirty laundry needs a laundry man
maybe the king and the queen should lay off the caffeine
baby breathe before you react

sometimes we do forget to behave
and we regret what we say
cause words are weapons
if we don't choose'em carefully
ladies and gentlemen this is instrumental
if life's to be a bed of roses

i know i gave you everything you like
because you still give me butterflies

if we just try try try
just to be ni-ni-nice
then the world would be a better place for you and I
if we just live our lives
putting our differences aside
oh that would be so beautiful to me

Are we just dangling in the middle of a galaxy
Well i'm stoked on gravity

To be stuck with you like flowers on the dew drops
Now let it in my direction
My direction is up when everybody's down
cause i don't mind being anybody's clown
I love a little lift cause i'm an optimistic

In an altruistic way

Cause basically this place is needing instruments of harmony
Spreading my philosophy of love and inspiration
Oh these words I speak I commit to like a crime
with a rhythm i deliver i'm giving them a picture
of the reasons why

well it wouldn't cost a penny but could save so many lonely lives
from teary eyes
if we just try try try
to open up a can of understanding open up your heart
i'm just planting seeds
cause i believe

had this for my form 3 and year 8 kids down at the Language Lab. The older kids appreciated the song and lyrics more i must say.

The students were given worksheets and were asked to guess what blanks in the lyrics might be. They shouted out all sorts of (silly) answers and pretty much enjoyed it.

Then listened to the song in full. Then we got to talk about the song and what it's trying to convey.