The Go-Betweens - Hope Then Strife Lyrics
I think I'm getting it right this time;I can tell by the way she grins.She put the postcards up on the head of our bed,I can see Algiers.She said "don't the streets on Sunday look great,The way they open up their windowsAnd offer you things you know you'll never buy."Lord I'm tired, I'm just so tired.Don't say that you agreeWith the price you paidFor your captivity.Sweet surrender and yourPoison pen are gonna take youAnd make you whole again.Never gonna be the oneWho said you were the oneWho liked the lonesome life.All the times you stayedAnd prayed and thought youHad it made it was forHope then strife.So I went and asked my friend the doctor"What is it I've got this time?'He said "apart from that albatrossAround your neck, the tests areNegative, you really are quite fine".So I went out to the airportTo play for my ticketAnd someone comes up to me and says"Hey man, they don t pay for that any moreLord I'm tired, I'm just so tired.Don't say that you agreeWith the price you paidFor your honesty.Sweet surrender and yourPoison pen are gonna take youAnd make you whole again.Never gonna be the oneWho said you were the oneWho liked the lonesome life.All the times vou stayedAnd prayed and thought youHad it made it was forHope then strife.Lord I'm tired, I'm just so tired.I should retire.Don't say that you agreeWith the price at the endOf hostility.Sweet surrender and yourPoison pen are gonna take youAnd make you whole again.Never gonna be the oneWho said you were the oneWho liked the lonesome life.All the times you stayedAnd prayed and thought youHad it made it was forHope then strife.
