Higher Hopes

[00:29.18] With a toddler in one hand and a cigarette in the other
[00:34.33] He looked at her through tiny puff of smoke
[00:39.36] With kisses and cancer sticks, his daughter he would smother
[00:44.35] In that foolish mix of confidence and hope
[00:49.39] And I know that he had higher hopes than that
[00:54.72] Stuck behind that desk at work, listening to that crap
[00:59.76] When your boss wears not just trousers, but traffic warden's hat
[01:05.17] You know that you had higher hopes than that
[01:11.95] He said, as soon as you got sunshine, you got clouds
[01:17.66] Soon as you got your freedom, there's a sign says, 'Not allowed'
[01:22.60] Soon as you get good news, you get holes appear in shoes
[01:28.17] And that's just the way the furrows plough
[01:35.18]
[02:02.43] He worked up at the carpark; he was by and large ignored
[02:07.40] He parked 'em and then cleaned them all by hand
[02:12.57] And there hadn't been a car so far his wages could afford
[02:17.66] Or GNP would ever understand
[02:22.52] And he thought that he had higher hopes than this
[02:27.80] Between the shagging couples and the staircase stained with piss
[02:33.05] And he's always home so late at night, his kids he's scared to kiss
[02:38.11] And he thought that he had higher hopes than this
[02:45.17] He said, soon as you got sunshine, you got clouds
[02:50.71] Soon as you got your freedom, there's a sign says, 'Not allowed'
[02:55.86] Soon as you get good news, you get holes appear in shoes
[03:01.28] And that's just the way the furrows plough
[03:09.13]
[03:26.79] Soon as you got chips, you've got seagulls
[03:32.07] Soon as you got land, you've got work
[03:36.60] Soon as you get grigs, you've got lizards, you've got snakes
[03:40.93] (Soon as you got chips, you've got seagulls)
[03:41.91] That's just the way this little axel turns
[03:46.61] (Soon as you got land, you've got work)
[03:47.28] Soon as you got chips, you've got seagulls
[03:52.40] Soon as you got land, you've got work
[03:57.15] Soon as you get grigs, you've got lizards, you've got snakes
[04:01.85] (Soon as you got chips, you've got seagulls)
[04:02.45] That's just the way this little axel turns
[04:06.05] (Soon as you got land, you've got work)
[04:09.40]
[04:19.69] He said, as soon as you got sunshine, you got clouds
[04:25.22] Soon as you got your freedom, there's a sign says, 'Not allowed'
[04:30.32] Soon as you get good news, you get holes appear in shoes
[04:35.73] And that's just the way the furrows plough
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