Hope Against Hope

from Season of the Moon by Michael McGuire

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I live at the bottom of the wishing well; my name is hope, I’m the reason why some people die; I’m the reason why some people cope, I’m your secret wish; I am your best friend, Where your reason begins that is where I end, Can't you see the world is black; I am the only light, I helped you thru your day; I hope I can help you thru this night, Sometimes I get lonely because no one calls me by my name, They cross their fingers for luck and say a prayer for fame, I have more work than I can handle; I can't do it all, When I don’t come running right away that doesn’t mean I didn’t hear you call, I guess things could always be better than again they could always get worse, For some I am a charm; for others I am a curse, I seldom listen to desperation although sometimes I might, If it’s not the pitiful whine of someone who has already given up the fight, What can you do to convince a loser that he could be a winner, When they draw their hand back from their wooden heart they're bound to find a splinter, Some people need the sun and some people need the rain, Some people wait for glory and some people wait in vain, I’ve had to much to drink now I think I’ll hit the hay, And all I can do is listen to what you expect me to say.

Nov. 89

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from Season of the Moon, released December 1, 1989

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