Picture Window

Album: Lonely Avenue (2010)
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  • We checked into the hospital New Year's Eve
    Nothing to be done about that
    Rainbows, daffodils, she's not naive
    Symbolism's all crap

    There's a big picture window in the room on the ward
    With a view over Parliament Hill
    But the view offers more joy than they can afford
    When there's this much pain to kill

    You know what hope is
    Hope is a bastard
    Hope is a liar, a cheat and a tease
    Hope comes near you, kick its backside
    Got no place in days like these

    The dust, the darkness surrenders to color
    As the fireworks streak the sky
    And their window gives them the prettiest picture
    Their useless luck makes her want to cry

    Then it turns midnight
    The shitty whole year's spent
    Another mom deserves some sparkling wine
    And she nearly gives into the moment
    But he'll still be sick in two-thousand and nine

    You know what hope is
    Hope is a bastard
    Hope is a liar, a cheat and a tease
    Hope comes near you, kick its backside
    Got no place in days like these

    And just as she's thinking
    Of pulling the blind down
    A rocket bursts in front of her eyes
    The city lit up, London's givin' her bright crown
    She tries and fails to stop
    Spirits rise

    You know what hope is
    Hope is a bastard
    Hope is a liar, a cheat and a tease
    Hope comes near you, kick its backside
    Got no place in days like these

    You know what hope is
    Hope is a bastard
    Hope is a liar, a cheat and a tease
    Hope comes near you, kick its backside
    Got no place in days like these
    In days like these Writer/s: BEN FOLDS, BENJAMIN SCOTT FOLDS, NICHOLAS PETER JOHN HORNBY, NICK HORNBY
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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