I'm Trying My Freakin Best So I heard you made New Music Friday Well congratz from a truck stop somewhere out on the highway I'm out here this summer chasing down dreams Watching the rearview and eating baked beans You could say that I'm doing things my way Though it seems like for years now my life has gone sideways But I'll keep this tour van between both the lines Break my guitar strings and scream in the mic And offset the carbon that I oxidize 'Cuz I'm trying my freakin best My phone says I'm in mid life crisis That Reddit thread's dead, left to my own devices So I'm out making music and making new friends In all likelihood never see them again 'Cuz I'm lonely and lost and fucked up in the head But I'm trying So I'll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama My heart beating out of my chest 'Cuz baby I'm trying Yes I'm trying My freakin best I'm trying to be a little less tragic For the first time in my life I'm trying to find magic I'm trying to be reckless I'm trying to be brave I'm trying to be someone who tries to behave I'm trying to unlock all the bolts on my cage I'm trying So I'll stand on a stage in Mobile, Alabama My heart beating out of my chest 'Cuz baby I'm trying Yes I'm trying My freakin best