[Intro — dirty Delta-blues guitar figure, foot-stomp rhythm; Brandy slides into a nasty bent note] [Verse 1] I heard you talking From across the room Throwing my name around Like cheap perfume You got your stories You got your lies But you ain't got the nerve To look me in the eyes [Brandy — short snarling answer] I've known your kind I've seen your game Big man's courage Till somebody says your name [Pre-Chorus] So step out of the shadows Come into the light You wanted my attention... [Lynn] You got it tonight [Brandy — hard answering bend] [Chorus] COME ON AND TRY ME I'm standing right here COME ON AND TRY ME I ain't running nowhere Bring everything you got Bring your thunder and your fire You wanna push me down? [Lynn — harder] COME ON AND TRY ME [Brandy — ripping blues-rock answer] [Verse 2] I've walked through trouble With mud on my shoes Learned a long time ago How to pay my dues I've tasted failure I've carried scars I've slept beneath Some unforgiving stars [Brandy answers with dirty slide phrase] But every damn mile Made my backbone strong So don't come telling me Where I belong [Pre-Chorus] You can shake the windows You can rattle the door But if you're looking for surrender... [Lynn] You better look somewhere else [Band drops] [Lynn] Because I ain't got none. [Brandy — nasty sustained bend] [Chorus] COME ON AND TRY ME I'm standing right here COME ON AND TRY ME I ain't running nowhere Bring everything you got Bring your thunder and your fire You wanna push me down? COME ON AND TRY ME [Instrumental — Brandy takes over; dirty Delta-blues phrasing into hard-rock lead, slide guitar accents, piano pounding underneath] [Bridge — Lynn and Brandy trade phrases] [Lynn] I've been kicked— [Brandy answers] I've been burned— [Brandy answers harder] [Lynn] I've lost things I never earned I've hit the bottom I've crawled through hell [Brandy — screaming bend] [Lynn] And since we're trading stories... Baby, I'm doing well. [Brandy — cocky blues lick] [Breakdown — drums and bass lock into heavy swampy groove] [Lynn — low, almost spoken] You keep talking. Go ahead. I kinda like it. Because every time you tell me What I can't do... [Brandy growls underneath] ...I get another reason. [brief silence] [Lynn] So give me one. [Brandy explodes into solo] [Extended Solo — Brandy tears loose, Delta-blues bends and slides becoming full hard-rock lead; piano hammers underneath; band builds behind her] [Final Chorus — Lynn comes back over Brandy] COME ON AND TRY ME I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE COME ON AND TRY ME AIN'T A DAMN THING I FEAR Bring everything you got Bring your thunder and your fire You wanted everything I've got? THEN COME ON AND TRY ME! [Brandy answers] [Lynn] COME ON! [Brandy answers harder] [Lynn] IS THAT ALL? [Brandy — screaming bend] [Lynn — huge sustained vocal] TRY MEEEEEEEE! [Outro — Lynn ad-libs while Brandy keeps answering; pounding piano, dirty rhythm guitars, full live band] [Lynn] Come on... [Brandy answers] I said come on... [Brandy answers] [Lynn laughs] That's what I thought. [Brandy — final filthy blues-rock lick]
