Anne Murray - THE MORE WE TRY

Anne Murray covered this great tune for her 1983 album "A Little Good News". Written by Kenny Loggins, it was included on his 1982 album "High Adventure".
As usual, Anne delivers an impeccable performance. The poignant lyrics speak for themselves......

"The More We Try"
Some lessons are forever
Never need to change
Write and the word is written
Then we turn the page
But some lessons take forever
Time and time again
Caught in a battle that you can't surrender
And can never win
You tried to make me the girl of your dreams
The one that you never could find
You thought you saw her face in mine
The more we try, the more we just get lonely
Though you've shown me how
The things you say are true
The lesson learned
Is no concern
Cause you don't even know me
To need love is all I really learned from you.....
The more we try, the more we just get lonely
Though you've shown me how
The things you say are true
The lesson learned
Is no concern
Cause you don't even know me
Sure you've done what you can do
But when all our time is through
To be loved is all I ever needed of you.....

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[BigBossCat]

Beautiful song from a beautiful singer, accompanied by a beautiful montage of photos! Anne Murray is such a fantastic singer who as well as being gorgeous, comes across as a really decent person. Thanks for posting this Donny.

[donnyvango]

You are so welcome!

[cathyrudder]

LOVE THIS - where can I get it on cd?

[donnyvango]

This is on the CD "A Little Good News."

[babaradio]

donny, i just love your montages, your choice of songs. another heart-tugger for sure from my favorite girl. just look at that beautiful, younger anne. and oh those eyes.

[johnnyjemimah57]

Anne Murray has covered many songs by many fine songwriters, not just Kenny Loggins. She has always supported Canadian Songwriters a lot on her albums.

[johnnyjemimah57]

Is this song on the Signature Series of albums from Anne Murray??? I have those and I don't recall this song. It's an excellent tune.

[tonyf734atl]

A very great song and arrangement...done by one the best singers of all time...

[jam877ify]

beautiful song,thanks anne murray for sharing your talents with us..

[hisakusungit9]

Undepot!I don't know what to say!6/24/11!can't stop thinking about you!

[brucegbean]

This song definitely showcases Anne's incredible range, and sung so beautifully!

[NOUNZYKRANZA]

@yeshiva83 she made Loggins filthy rich!

[yeshiva83]

Did she write any of her own songs or just cover loggins her whole career?

[Diabetty115]

@NakedHeartMusic It always seems that the songs I absolutely love the most (Like Kenny's version of this song) are available for a while, and then I will get them in my head one day and will desperately want to listen but then the songs are nowhere to be found. It frustrates me! I hate covers of songs. I would much rather listen to the original, or at least the version I first heard, because that is what is in my head.

[adric137]

great voice