Keep on Trying Songtext
von Jim Capaldi

Old man sitting in the street
Beneath the concrete
With his head between his feet
Oh, it looked like he was accepting defeat
So I walk up to him and I say
"Listen, old man, they want to have it all their own way"
He looked at me and he smiled
Then right before my eyes he turned into a child

I′m gonna keep on tryin'
I′m gonna keep on tryin'
I'm gonna keep on tryin′
′Til it all works out

I wandered on down the street
Wondering who next I'd meet
When around the corner came this girl
She said her name was Pearl
I said, "Hi, my name′s Jim"
We looked at the buildings, they were doing us in


I'm gonna keep on tryin′
I'm gonna keep on tryin′
I'm gonna keep on tryin'
′Til it all works out

Now everybody′s walking about in them great big shoes
Smiling on their faces, they look so amused
I don't know why they want to look so conspicuous
Somebody ought to tell them that they look ridiculous

I′m gonna keep on tryin'
I′m gonna keep on tryin'
I′m gonna keep on tryin'
'Til I get across

I wandered on down by the old river
And water as you know is the life-giver
Went to the place where I used to bathe
Now it looks just like a grave, yeah, we got it
Everywhere was dead fish, stinking water
It looked like the work of the devil′s daughter
I looked up and saw a bird flying
As it came close I could swear it was crying


I′m gonna keep on tryin'
I′m gonna keep on tryin'
I′m gonna keep on tryin'
′Til it all works out

With a heavy heart I went back to the old town
When I got there it just brought me down
Everything had changed from the character to dawn
That's the reason I'm singing this song
The more concrete blocks, the more they divide us
Sooner or later there′ll be nothing inside us
So the lesson to be learned from the old church steeple
If there′s no love in the buildings, there'll be no love in the people