Lyrics Live In Hope - Mick Flannery

Live In Hope

I walk the streets alone here, I go with head hung down
The heavens laugh so hard at me that I cannot bear the sound
A home to every lonely, an ear to every cry
An eye to every suffering and lost to reasons why
And of all the awful things I’ve heard
The worst must be those terrible words
If I don’t do it, that man will
Be it steal, rape or kill
I strive to be a good man, I know it serves me well
So how and when this start was made, I truly cannot tell
I’ve loved and I have been loved
I was not always true
And at times I feel to stay alone
Is the honest thing to do
Still in all I’ve best conceived
That I did fall in fleshy need
And taking water laced with sin
Seen what love is up against
My mind is full of worry, and wonder at itself
I search all day for answers, and nothing ever helps
I don’t believe the stories of high and holy ghosts
And if anything should matter, then what should matter most?
To the thought I will abide
That hate is foolish, love is wise
Words the old man softly spoke
Left the world to live in hope