Track 2 of the album Say It Louder Than the Silence · 2025
Try Me Again, Morning
“I dropped the note in the last-act aria and the whole house held its breath. I sing it now with a grin.”
operatic pop · whimsical pop · operatic pop · 3:46
Lyrics
I dropped the note in the last-act aria And the whole house held its breath I fled the stage in a velvet storm And swore I'd sing no more But the morning came with a marmalade sun And a blackbird on my sill He sang the line I could not sing And he sang it sweet and still Well, if a blackbird dares Then so can I Try me again, morning I've got my best shoes on Try me again, morning I'll find the missing song I'll take the high note by the hand And laugh when it's gone wrong Try me again, morning I was made for the second song I tied my hair with a ribbon of gold And I opened up the lid The piano blinked, the keys were cold But they remembered what I did One breath, one note, then another one rose Like bread in a warming pan And all the doubts that had followed me home Went quietly off to scan Well, if a blackbird dares Then so can I Try me again, morning I've got my best shoes on Try me again, morning I'll find the missing song I'll take the high note by the hand And laugh when it's gone wrong Try me again, morning I was made for the second song Everybody trips on the stair Everybody cracks on the line What matters is the lifted chin And the second try's design So draw the curtains, let it shine Let the footlights find my face I'm not the girl who ran away I'm the girl who found her place Try me again, morning I've got my best shoes on Try me again, morning I'll find the missing song I'll take the high note by the hand And laugh when it's gone wrong Try me again, morning I was made for the second song Try me again Try me again, morning