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Lord Knows I'm Tryin' (rock version)

from Independence Vol. 1: demos and out​-​takes by Jeremy Wilson

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Rocking out with friends in 1999 after Pilot broke-up and I moved back to Scotts Mills, Oregon from Seattle, Wa. Raphael Rudd plays on this track.

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Lord I’m Tryin’

It takes awhile sometimes
To overcome and calm down
When everything seems like an ending
Here at the desperate end of a bad deal
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all my fault
It’s not like I’m not tryin’

I was outside in the pouring rain
Wishing it would hail
Come down
And knock out all the lights in town
When’s that purging rain gonna come
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all my fault
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all I’ve done
All I’ve done

Until the morning come
I like awake exhausted
And then remember love is forgiveness
Even at the farthest end of a dead end
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all my fault
It’s not like I’m not tryin’
It can’t be all I’ve done
‘Cause lord I’m tryin

(c)(p) Jeremy Wilson / MastanMusic 2005 ASCAP

credits

from Independence Vol. 1: demos and out​-​takes, released June 5, 2005
Jeremy Wilson - electric guitar and vocals
Raphael Rudd - keyboard
Sam Densmore - electric guitar
John Densmore - bass
Johnny "Dagger" Studer - drums
Janice Deschene - backing vocals

John Cluff - audio engineer and final mix
Recorded at the Track Shack in Portland, Oregon in winter 2000.

Words and music by Jeremy Wilson (c) 2005 Jeremy Wilson/MastanMusic

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Jeremy Wilson Portland, Oregon

Jeremy started playing in working bands in 1982 at the age of 14 with The Watchmen. He was the singer for the influential Dharma Bums (Frontier Records 1986 to1993). From 1994 to 1999 he fronted the rock band Pilot (Elektra/Mercury). He founded the non profit Jeremy Wilson Foundation musicians health & services organization in 2010. ... more

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