When We Tried Lyrics - Jan Howard

You can smother me with kisses and feel free 

To let your tender arms surround me 

You can love me without fear but don't come here 

And try to build no dreams around me 

A man's a fool who looks for love 

For one time in a lifetime he might find it 

So don't waste no time a talking about how love can hurt 

'Cause I don't need reminded 

I'll take my happiness a little at a time 

Just anywhere I find it 

Try to feel at home just knowing that 

Should you decide to leave I wouldn't mind it 

And when you're gone I'll not recall a love 

That only lived one night and died 

Just a mem'ry of what little happiness 

We found together when we tried 

I can almost read your mind 

And what I find's not hard for me to understand 

'Cause a woman's love is stronger one 

Remembers even longer than a man 

And if I should even feel that you're pretending 

That I'm her I wouldn't mind it 

If there's any happiness left 

In a lonely world like this let's try to find it 

I'll take my happiness a little at a time 

Just anywhere I find it 

Try to feel at home just knowing that 

Should you decide to leave I wouldn't mind it 

And when you're gone I'll not recall a love 

That only lived one night and died 

Just a mem'ry of what little happiness 

We found together when we tried