[Verse 1]
Tryin' times is what the world is talkin' about
You got confusion all over the land, yeah
Mother against daughter, father against son
The whole thing is gettin' out of hand
[Chorus]
But folks wouldn't have to suffer
If there was more love for your brother
But these are tryin' times
[Verse 2]
You got the riots in the ghetto, and it's all around
A whole lot of things that's wrong is going down
I don't understand it, my point of view
I remember somebody said "Do unto others
As you would have them do unto you"
[Chorus]
And then folks wouldn't have to suffer
If there was more love
But these are tryin' times
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
People always talking about man's inhumanity to man
But what is you tryin' to do to make this a better land?
Just pick up your paper, turn on your TV
You see a lot of demonstrations for equality
[Chorus]
But folks, folks wouldn't have to suffer
If there was more love
But these are tryin' times, yeah, yeah
[Outro]
Tryin' times is what the world is talkin' about
You got confusion all over, all over, over the land
Mother against daughter, father against son
The whole thing is gettin' out of hand
Folks, folks, wouldn't have to suffer...
Tryin’ Times was written by Donny Hathaway & Leroy Hutson.
Tryin’ Times was produced by Joel Dorn.
Roberta Flack released Tryin’ Times on Fri Jun 20 1969.
Co-writer Leroy Hutson said:
As it happened with our collaborations, Donny was playing the music, and I was sitting with a pad, writing. It’s really something to think that in the ‘70s, when Donny and I wrote “Tryin’ Times”, and Marvin [Gaye] wrote “What’s Going On”, that we were all having similar...