Try

Remember when somebody told you
you can be anything you want to be
Every word they said is true
and it's up to you to make it a reality
I know it seems like you're standing still
when you'd rather be moving here and there
If you want this more than anything
Stop looking in the palm of your hand

You gotta try and you try
and you try one more time
until you've almost given up hope
But you try and you try
and you get it the last time
when you reach what you're climbing for

Mama only wants her boy to be happy
and Bobby's got his eye on Harvard
and when he got to be eighteen
Mama told him life was gonna be hard
but when you set your eyes on your dream
you don't ever look back on this one-horse town
You stay strong and you keep right on fighting
Don't you let them bring you down

You gotta try and you try
and you try one more time
until you've almost given up hope
But you try and you try
and you get it the last time
when you reach what you're climbing for

Hang on for dear life
so nothing slips away
Know that nothing is too high
and nothing is too far away

When I was learning to ride a bike
I relied on Daddy holding on behind me
I was so scared the first time
when he took off the training wheels
We started picking up speed and when I wasn't nervous
I felt him let go of the seat
When I fell the first time, he ran to pick me up
He kissed my knee and wiped away my tears

He said you gotta try and you try
and you try one more time
until you've almost given up hope
But you try and you try
and you get it the last time
when you reach what you're climbing for