I Hope

Sunday morning, I heard the preacher say

Thou shall not kill

I don't wanna hear nothing else about killing

And that is God's will

'Cause our children are watching us

They put their trust in us, they're going be like us

So let's learn from our history

And do it differently

Oh baby, (I hope) for more love, more joy and laughter

(I hope) We'll have more than you'll ever need

(I hope) We'll have more happy ever afters

(I hope) And we can all live more fearlessly

And we can lose all the pain and misery

(I hope, I hope)

Oh Rosie, her man, he, gets too rough

And all she can say

Is he's a good man, he don't mean no harm

He was just brought up that way

But our children are watching us

They put their trust in us, they're gonna be like us

It's okay for us to disagree

And we can work it out lovingly

(I hope) For more love, joy and laughter

(I hope) You'll have more than you'll ever need

(I hope) You'll have more happy ever afters

(I hope) And you can all live more fearlessly

And you can lose all your pain and misery

(I hope, I hope) Yes, you can

There must be a way

To change what's going on

Oh no, I don't have all the answers

But one thing

(I hope) For more love, more joy and laughter

(I hope) We'll have more than you'll ever need

(I hope) We'll have more happy ever afters

(I hope) And we can all live more fearlessly

We can lose all the pain and the misery

(I hope, I hope)

Oh babe, all the pain and misery

(I hope, I hope)

Come on love, give me happiness

(I hope) Love and peace

No more hating, hurting

(I hope) Give me little love, baby

(I hope)

Don't you know?

I'm hoping for love and happiness

(I hope)

Just to come my way

(I hope)