Name: I Try (COVID Blues)
Duration: P00H04M50S
Description: A song I wrote about the frustrations of lockdown and life in 2020

I Try (COVID Blues)

by Alison Reynolds

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A song I wrote about the frustrations of lockdown and life in 2020

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Hot, endless summer days
Steamy summer nights
How I'd love to getaway
No chance of that insight

I try
Oh lord I try
Days keep moving slowly by
The news keeps me wondrin' why
I try

Don't venture out much
Beyond these walls
That makes me want to shout
Far too many pitfalls
To navigate around

I try
Oh lord I try
Days keep moving slowly by
The news keeps me wondrin' why
I try

Seems like it's been years
We've all had to switch gears
And try
In thick mud, I feel stuck
Gotta keep my spirits up
I try

Theories of conspiracy
Cluttering my mind
Adding to the misery
The truth is hard to find

II try
Oh lord I try
Days keep moving slowly by
The news keeps me wondrin' why
I try

Hot endless summer days
Hold up in my home
Oh, I know that patience pays
Rewards of its own

I try
Oh lord I try
With all that's left in me
I won't let it get the best of me
I try

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released February 26, 2021
This was done with a little help from my friends. Tom Smith of The Merry Jaynz added a sax line, and JD of The Recording Rebels added a guitar line. All vocals, one guitar line, all cello lines were done by me, Alison Reynolds.

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Alison Reynolds Tehachapi, California

A go-it-alone singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, home recording enthusiast. Original songs range from up-beat, feel good rock and blues (think Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt) to introspective folk style reflections of life, think Joni Mitchel, James Taylor). The combination of guitar (acoustic or electric) and cello (acoustic and/or electric) make for some unique arrangements! ... more

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