[Verse 1]

And I was a boy from school

Helplessly helping all the rules

And there was a boy at school

Hopelessly wrestling all his fools

And there was a girl at school

Blaming all the words she learned from home

Nothing could keep her a child

Long hours, don't you know we tried?

[Chorus]

We tried, but we didn't have long

We tried, but we don't belong

We tried, but we didn't have long

We tried, but we don't belong

[Verse 2]

Now I met you on the street

Heartlessly breaking rules, we meet

Lives are found and loves are lost

Say goodbye to nothing everything caused

Now I find you on the street

Breaking rules, hopelessly we meet

Lives are found but loves are lost

Say goodbye to everything, nothing caused

[Chorus]

We tried, but we didn't have long

We tried, but we don't belong

We tried, but we didn't have long

We tried, but we don't belong

[Bridge]

I got, I got lost

(You said this was the way back)

I got, I got lost

(You said this was the way back)

I got, I got lost

(You said this was the way back)

[Chorus]

We tried, but we didn't have long

We tried, but we don't belong

We tried, but we didn't have long

We tried, but we don't belong