Best I Can

I’ve always had trouble
With takin' things way too far
If I’m out there goin'
You can bet that I’m goin' hard
I push and push
And then I push some more
Yeah, I always had trouble
With takin' things way too far
And I ain’t good at quittin'
Or dealin' with a broken heart
When tears in my woman’s
Eyes tear me apart
And sometimes I wonder
Why I even start
'Cause I ain’t good at quittin'
Or dealin' with a broken heart
But have mercy on a poor boy
I’m doin' the best I can
I ain’t never claimed
To be more than I am
If you could see my good intentions
I think you’d understand
I’m just a poor boy out here
Doin' the best I can
I ain’t scared of the work
I’m scared when the work ain’t there
When the well runs dry
And there ain’t much left to spare
I just grit my teeth
And pull out my hair
I ain’t scared of the work
I’m scared when the work ain’t there
So have mercy on a poor boy
I’m doin' the best I can
I ain’t never claimed to be
More than I am
If you could see my good intentions
I think you’d understand
I’m just a poor boy out here
Doin' the best I can
Then I cut my teeth in a traveling band
I lay it on the line, I go all in
It’s just the way I am, it’s the way I am
So have mercy on a poor boy
I’m doin' the best I can
I ain’t never claimed to be
More than I am
If you could see my good intentions
I think you’d understand
I’m just a poor boy out here
Doin' the best I can