"Tried, Tested And True" lyrics - JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR

Why do you believe
I didn't give enough to make us work?
I stuck around to see us being dragged
Through the same old dirt
No-one feels secure
When their being mistreated
And love can't be right
When the same old wrongs are being repeated

That's not the way to play the game
That's not to say you hold all the blame
I won't deny you really tried
It's just that there's not another upside
There's no escape, no re-takes
I can't create us a whole new fate
I need to see the follow through
So I'll break away to make way
For a love that's Tried, Tested & True

Why look behind
Instead of moving ahead
Why'd you feel the need to tell me
I won't make it out there
I can't be my best
When you're always knocking me down
No-one found their way
Re-treading across the same old ground

That's not the way to play the game
That's not to say you hold all the blame
I won't deny you really tried
It's just that there's not another upside
There's no escape, no re-takes
I can't create us a whole new fate
I need to see the follow through
So I'll break away to make way
For a love that's Tried, Tested & True

How can I feel
If I don't believe in it
How can we re-gain it
We've long cracked from the strain of it
Do you really want to live
On this sinking ship?
Or do you want to accept
That there might be something out there
That's better than this?

That's not the way to play the game
That's not to say you hold all the blame
I won't deny you really tried
It's just that there's not another upside
There's no escape, no re-takes
I can't create us a whole new fate
I need to see the follow through
So I'll break away to make way
For a love that's Tried, Tested & True