Hope
This is a tale of mice and men
A contract, and a fountain pen
And a guy up in his conning tower
Who's always speaking truth to power
It matters little who says what
From the upper deck of a super yacht
But keep in mind that old school tie
And that hope will be the last to die
So the property tycoon acquired
The graveyard of the uninspired
But probably his greatest trick
Was playing the body politic
'Til everyone was in cahoots
But these are legalised pursuits
The building blocks that underlie
Why hope will be the last to die
It's one of life's most basic rules
"It's difficult to free the fools
From all the chains that they revere"
And so our so-called profiteer
Flies in the face of all that's fair
I guess he never read Voltaire!
And maybe that's a reason why
Hope will be the last to die
Beyond his dreams of avarice
It maybe helps to reminisce
On the coldness of his blackened stone
On the flatness in his monotone
This place where two worlds coincide
Conspiring like a Devil's bride
Demand will always beat supply
But hope will be the last to die
But nothing has been prearranged
Everything can be exchanged
"We have the power to start again!"
I think that that was Thomas Paine
But don't correct me if I'm wrong
Just close your eyes and sing along
For while there's still a dawning sky
So hope will be the last to die
A contract, and a fountain pen
And a guy up in his conning tower
Who's always speaking truth to power
It matters little who says what
From the upper deck of a super yacht
But keep in mind that old school tie
And that hope will be the last to die
So the property tycoon acquired
The graveyard of the uninspired
But probably his greatest trick
Was playing the body politic
'Til everyone was in cahoots
But these are legalised pursuits
The building blocks that underlie
Why hope will be the last to die
It's one of life's most basic rules
"It's difficult to free the fools
From all the chains that they revere"
And so our so-called profiteer
Flies in the face of all that's fair
I guess he never read Voltaire!
And maybe that's a reason why
Hope will be the last to die
Beyond his dreams of avarice
It maybe helps to reminisce
On the coldness of his blackened stone
On the flatness in his monotone
This place where two worlds coincide
Conspiring like a Devil's bride
Demand will always beat supply
But hope will be the last to die
But nothing has been prearranged
Everything can be exchanged
"We have the power to start again!"
I think that that was Thomas Paine
But don't correct me if I'm wrong
Just close your eyes and sing along
For while there's still a dawning sky
So hope will be the last to die
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Writer(s): Christopher John Trevor Midgley
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