Heaven knows I've tried

I don't say this often, but there's a good chance this will be the best song you hear all day.

The Amusements clan has been working its way through Ted Lasso - it's mostly feelgood, mostly family-friendly, mostly funny television that we all get something out of (though the something in question probably varies somewhat amongst the clan).

The title theme is by Marcus Mumford, of Mumford and Sons, and serial soundtrack specialist Tom Lowe; it's an upbeat, positive, happy sounding two and a bit minutes that ably gets you in the mood for what is to come next. It's catchy, it's la-la-alongable, it's everything a good theme tune for a light entertainment programme should be.

And then there's Jeff Tweedy's version.

The sometime Wilco frontman's beautiful acoustic rendition is also used in the show (episode nine of series two, fact fans), specifically to soundtrack a scene following AFC Richmond's FA Cup semi-final thrashing by Manchester City, when coach Beard takes the tube back from Wembley alone. And it is wonderful. Jeff's delicate, finger-picking guitar lets the lyric come much more to the fore, and the upbeat postivity is suddenly replaced by resignation, sadness and, ultimately, acceptance. It's fantastic, I think, and, to repeat myself, is probably the best thing you'll hear today. Here it is.

Yeah, it might be all that you get
Yeah, I guess this might well be it

If you slow down for a second, take your time
You know I'm yours if you remember that you're mine
And when everybody's telling me I have no time 
I prove 'em wrong again

Yeah, it might be all that you get
Yeah, I guess this might well be it
Well, heaven knows I've tried

No, my hands won't be tied down
And I will not lay them down 
'Cause I can finally see the truth
So simple but so clear
Accepting an ocean's depths were out of reach for me and you

If you're coming up for air breathing in
You know I'll be there when you first begin
And when everybody's telling us we have no time 
We'll prove 'em wrong again

'Cause, yeah, it might be all that you get
Yeah, I guess this might well be it
But heaven knows I've tried