Named her baby Hope when she was just fourteen
She was hoping for a better world
But the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree
Could have gone the whole way
Lighting up the stage trying to get a deal
Now he's lighting up the wrong way
"Something for the pain!"
Man you wanna see this kid he was so fuckin' unreal
To get it together to sing one song
She wanna to be a politician
She been dreaming about it since she was a girl
She thought that she'd be the one to change the world
Always tryna pave the way for women in a man's world
But life happened, house, kids, 2 cars, husband hits the jar, checks that don't go very far now
Now she in it can't change it, she keeps her mind on her wages
There comes a time when every bird has to fly
At some point every rose has to die
It's hard to let your children go
You show your kids the truth
Instead of reading in a letter that they've gone to something better
"Bet your sorry now! I won't be coming home tonight"
I'm sick of looking for those heroes in the sky
WRITERS
Daniel John O'Donoghue, Mark Anthony Sheehan, Glen Joseph Power, Andrew Marcus Frampton, Stephen Alan Kipner