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Hopeful
(Bob Ryan)
© 2004, 2007 by Bob Ryan, Published by Leaping Armadillo Music (ASCAP) written February, 2004, Phoenix, Arizona
Just a little prayer at the end of all things.
If you want to cry, please cry for me
I’m out here on this lonely interstate
Watching yellow lines stretch out ahead of me
Who can ever really say how far?
If you want to reach out, please reach for me
I need a touch to burn deep into me
A hand to catch in my uncertainty
When the clouds are drifting overhead.
If you want to bleed, please bleed for me
I have this stain that I can’t wash away
And a chasm opening in front of me
One that my best effort cannot span.
If you want to sing, please sing for me
I need to hear a laughing melody
A reassuring word about my destiny
A song that comes out hopeful in the end.