Squeeze - Hope Fell Down lyrics

(Difford/Tilbrook)

You're banging your drum

You blow your own trumpet

Your ship came in

And your fanfare sunk it

The tide has turned, our love's gone forever

I stand on the shore

As it floats down the river

I had such hopes

I had such visions planned

The frames were shot

But now our future's canned

I had my hopes so high

They fell right down

I'm banging my head

You watch without malice

(You watch with no interest at all)

I bet all your friends

Compare this to “Dallas”

(I might as well talk to a brick wall)

So under the arm I feel the cold shoulder

So I'll once again

Have to play the wild rover

Do I need all this pressure

Do I bury my temper