Lost Songwriter - Try Not to Do What I've Done

I don't know if you've noticed
But everything I do
Is like a tribute to the things I should have done
And if I wrote down all the things I should have said and when
The list would trail right down the stairs
And then back up again

Try not to do what I've done
Try not to be like me
Making mistakes is costly
Following mine is free

And if I told you all the stories
All the times I've loved and lost
You would tell me that I'm lying
That I wasn't old enough
But if you're careless with your feelings
And you throw more after bad
It isn't long before your
Counting up the things you should've had

Try not to do what I've done
Try not to be like me
Making mistakes is costly
Following mine is free

Don't think I've learned anything
That's not the way that love goes
Don't think I don't hurt any more
If anything I hurt more

And I don't know if I told you
But this time I gave away my heart
Thought that she had given me hers
But it was just a tiny part
Anyway at first I tried to be
Everything she'd ever needed
Did my best not to scare her off
But in the end I just succeeded
So I pulled myself together
Thought I'd never hurt again
But when you meet someone like her
You compare everyone to them
So in the end I made a promise
That though I couldn't love her less
I would try to just be honest
With the one who's second best

Try not to do what I've done
Try not to be like me
Making mistakes is costly
Following mine is free
Following mine is free

Written by:
Jason Moore

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