Hope Dies Last

The alarm goes off and you hit the shower first

I make the coffee

It

S a routine we rehearsed

Turn the radio on and it

S wishing us a happy new year

But nothing much has changed here

Another suicide bomb in a market in the Middle East

And the authorities estimate 28dead at least

Sense soaked with martyrs blood and mothers tears

And nothing much has changed here

And the whole country

S holding those poor miners in it

S prayers

Counting down how long they

Ve gone without him

The reporter does his best to sound sincere

But nothing much has changed here

Now there

S a man of god saying something about New Orleans

How the Mississippi river no washed the sinners clean

Oh the righteous pray on ignorance and fear

Oh nothing much has changed here

But there

S a storm comin

Up fast

Better lass yourself to the mast

What have all becomes to past

Hope dies last

Politicians pointed fingers like they always do

When there

S a scandal loomin

Larger in the rear view

When elections may be closer than they appear

Oh nothing much has changed here

And in the eyes of the president

Citizens are enemies

He

D rather talk to Jesus than to anyone who disagrees

With the phones involved in Big Brother is all he hears

Oh nothing much has changed here

And there

S a storm comin

Up fast

Better lass yourself to the mast

What have all that comes to past

Hope dies last

Sometimes it

S all that you can do to avert your eyes

If you let too much in

It will leave you paralysed

It

S a world where all your love disappears

So I take you in my arms before you leave for work

I got a love for you so fierce and true it hurts

And you smile at something that I whisper in your ear

Oh nothing much has changed

Baby nothing much has changed

And nothing

S ever gonna change

Here