I Can't Tell You

Now I, I can't tell you, no
but I know how it feels, and I'm trying.

A time or a place, as it were
an evening stroll, that bar on the corner.
Take yourself back there, and you smile
though you know you got to go, you still stay awhile.
Just a little while

Now I, lord I can't tell you, no
but I know how it feels, and I'm trying.
I gave all I could, but it sure didn't do me no good
they just don't have the words, I can't tell you.

More and more voices being heard
some calling for blood, some preaching the word.
What's said to be right seems so wrong
and the voice of dissent is getting real strong.
I think that it's strong

Now I, lord I can't tell you, no
but I know how it feels, and I'm trying.
I gave all I could, but it sure didn't do me no good
they just don't have the words, I can't tell you.

Think on a drive, "where's the key?"
open your eyes, just too much to see.
Question their answers, ah, you're shrewd
(and they tell you that) until you've lived longer, you won't even have a clue.
But it feels like I do

Now I, lord I can't tell you, no
but I know how it feels, and I'm trying.
I gave all I could, but it sure didn't do me no good
they just don't have the words, I can't tell you.

maybe if I were a better man,
it's not that I don't understand
maybe such things aren't meant to be told,
I got time to try before you call this guy old
Before I get old.

From town to town, night to night
with an ache in your back, you stumble inside.
Life's rolling by you, and you look
would you make different choices, you wonder, even if you could.
Cause this sure feels good

Now I, lord I can't tell you, no
but I know how it feels, and I'm trying.
I gave all I could, but it sure didn't do me no good
they just don't have the words, I can't tell you.