All You Can Do

Hopelessness in the alley
Alone, draggin' his feet
He wasn't born that way
But life has just taught him defeat
So he waits to teach you distrust
From his cold home in the streets
And hope is all that you can do

Hopelessness is on the TV
Infecting sea to shining sea
In the worried eyes of our parents
Try as we might not to believe
And we tried pill and prescriptions
But drugs won't cure this disease
Hope is all that you can do

This is the new year
Nobody knows
Where we are going
What's down the road
The city is humming
The country is cold
But you give me something
Something like hope

Grew up without parents
To teach us wrong from right
So we turned towards many heroes
But still we couldn't sleep at night
So we searched and read and listened
So the songs old prophets sang
Let's all get together friends
And dance away the rain
It's time to get together friends
And dance away the rain
This is the new year
Nobody knows
Where we are going
What's down the road
The city is humming
The country is cold
But you give me something
Something like hope