Hopin’ for Hope

©2019 Garrett Clevenger

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E A lazy, hazy afternoon

E in a forest facin’ doom

D E from the cost of modern life

A D B intended to ease our strife.

B From the north a storm blows in

B shakin’ every leaf and limb.

A B An endless wind circles the globe.

E A F# I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

E Drop by drop falls on me.

E Seems like a great mystery.

D E How does the rain get up there,

A D B in the clouds floatin’ in the air?

B From the storm a sound comes through.

B Thunder rumbles out a tune.

A B The pitter-patter raindrops keepin’ time.

E A F# It calms the rollin’ in my mind.

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A E F# Still I can’t help but think of them.

A B F# The other creatures roaming the land.

A B C# They’ve been here way before modern man.

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E My thoughts are of eons passed

E unspoiled by man-made gas

D E now pollutin’ the atmosphere.

A D B Makes me wish the air was still clear.

B How will nature cope

B with our waste? I’m losin’ hope.

A B Every day we wait to change our way

E A F# means another species fades away.

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E The storm blows by. The sun returns.

E Still despair in my mind burns.

D E I hear a roarin’ jet high above.

A D B A metal beast lacking love.

B I pack my things to head home.

B I find my car and drive alone.

A B Another human takin’ a toll.

E A F# I wonder, “What’s my life’s goal?”

Chorus:

A E F# ‘Cause I can’t help but think of them.

A B F# The other creatures who roam the land.

A B C# They’ve been here way before modern man.

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E I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

E I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

D E I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

A D B I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

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