She's always leaving early and she always shows up late
She's a good one still trying, let's no good time slip away
Gives a bear hug in the morning, breaks up fights outside of bars
Takes her whiskey neat, her coffee cheap, and never liked her scars
Boy, he's wrestled down his demons, broke the fall of all his friends
Quotes the Bible and the Koran, has the heart of fifteen men
Never wonders what you're doing, never needs the words to say
There's some good ones still trying, let's no good time slip away
Let no good time slip away
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin')
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin')
Let no good time slip away
Slow danced with an opera singer on the stage after the show
Prays the same prayer every supper, rolls his cigarettes real slow
Keeps a knife inside her pocket, keeps a pen inside her coat
Keeps her words close to her heart, keeps that letter that she wrote
He can calm a newborn baby, saved his own life in a flood
Been tied up by Chinese pirates, spent the night in his own blood
Hung a hammock in the jungle, loved one woman all his days
There's some good ones still trying, let's no good time slip away
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin')
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin', keep on)
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin')
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin')
Punched a hammerhead in the hog sty, she was looking for a fight
Only tells her stories if you stay up late into the night
Danced for rain with the Apache, had hell's angels on his side
Took confession from a cardinal, held him down and made him cry
The first one you call on, the last one by your side
Hugs the soldiers in the airport, not one for long goodbyes
He's not afraid of crying, never one to look for praise
There's some good ones still trying, let's no good time slip away
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin', keep on tryin')
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin')
Let no good time slip away (keep on tryin')
Let no good time slip away
Keep on tryin', keep on tryin'
Tryin', tryin', tryin', tryin', tryin'
