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Hope Limps Away

from Understudy by The Great Park

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lyrics

hope limps away

when i met you on the platform you were out of your mind
we were weary and worse for wear
and the day had been hard and the march left us scarred
and our legs and our heads bruised and bare

but here i go trying again though i failed before
i tread towards a gentler day
but as the blood bleeds out from my foot in your door
hope limps away

well he fought for the dark and then he fought for the light
and he brought home a dozen dead men
he dumped all that was good into the deep north sea
and then carried the crap back to kent

but let’s sing it once more for the wives on the shore
sing it once more like they say
but as this blood floods out there can be no doubt
hope limps away

and the great clouds are a-calling and the rain starts a-falling
and we’re spineless and thoughtless tonight
and we turn the other cheek afraid of what we might see
there is nothing like kindness in sight

and so with one apple lost might as well throw the whole lot
might as well give up and roll it over today
i always walked when i could run but i’ve had me some fun
hope limps away

there is a red tailed kite there is a kestrel in flight
there are hawks hunting on high
and i see it with my own eyes this world can be so fine
if i keep my chin up to the sky

but if i laugh then it hurts and when we drink it’s worse
and when i play you only complain
if i was born to succeed i am failing indeed
hope limps away

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from Understudy, released December 17, 2017

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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