The Hopefuls

[Verse 1]

Back in my daredevil years

Making jumps that I could barely clear

Sticking landings, and I felt no fear

All revved up and riled

I was just about halfway out

When you called me from the halfway house

You said, "It's better if you get out now and stop running wild"

[Chorus]

I'm trying to be one of the hopefuls

A dying breed among all the locals

I can dance with the Devil to take my chance to make it out alive

How do I fix a heart that's totaled?

I need a quote, draw me up a proposal

Don't wanna dance with the Devil, oh, I wanna make it out alive

And I'm hopeful

[Verse 2]

Barely evеn knew my jacket size

For thе vigil in the candlelight

It was more than I could handle

I walked out with no warning

Yelled at God, "If, you're just testing us

Why'd you go and take the best of us?"

Was it something for the rest of us to learn in the mourning?

[Chorus]

I'm trying to be one of the hopefuls

A dying breed among all the locals

I can dance with the Devil to take my chance to make it out alive

How do I fix a heart that's totaled?

I need a quote, draw me up a proposal

Don't wanna dance with the Devil, oh, I wanna make it out alive

And I'm hopeful

[Bridge]

Bullet dodging, tightrope jogging

Buried me by twenty-three

I did all that I could

Turnpike dreaming, finding reasons

Burning sticks on forty-six

I'm hopeful now that I'll get out

[Chorus]

I'm trying to be one of the hopefuls

A dying breed among all the locals

I can dance with the Devil to take my chance to make it out alive

How do I fix a heart that's totaled?

I need a quote, draw me up a proposal

Don't wanna dance with the Devil, oh, I wanna make it out alive

And I'm hopeful

[Outro]

Yeah, I'm hopeful

Oh, I'm hopeful

Oh, I'm hopeful

Am I?