Words and Music by Alan Williams

   - Verse One -

In the life around my childhood, I watched them as I grew.

And I knew that I was different from everyone I knew.

So I brought that difference into my childhood and it brought me through.

So I brought that difference into my childhood and it brought me through.

   - Verse Two -

For your youth is your foundation was what everybody said,

But I wished I could get started on whatever lay ahead.

An impatient wonderer, a hopeless dreamer, and an anxious dread.

An impatient wonderer, a hopeless dreamer, and an anxious dread.

   - Chorus -

I was hanging on the hope of tomorrow,

I's living it day to day.

I's sure I had a dream you could borrow.

As long as you promised to come back my way.

   - Verse Three -

So I jumped straight into pages of stories to be told,

And the dreams around my childhood started to unfold

Because it feels the longing, it see's the humble, and rewards the bold.

Yes it feels the longing, it see's the humble, and rewards the bold.

   - Chorus -

I was hanging on the hope of tomorrow,

I's living it day to day.

I's sure I had a dream you could borrow.

As long as you promised to come back my way.

   - Verse Four -

So as each page of life flew by me, I had to leave some words behind,

Never knowing in their missing, the words would still be mine.

Because when you add your aces, to your discards, it's you you'll find.

Yes when you add your aces, to your discards, it's you you'll find.

   - Chorus -

I was hanging on the hope of tomorrow,

I's living it day to day.

I's sure I had a dream you could borrow.

As long as you promised to come back my way.

   - Verse Five -

And now I'm looking at forty through little boy's eyes,

And I'm seeing now for certain that youth is a disguise.

Because you can still be young, and still be restless, and still be wise.

Yes you can still be young, and still be restless, and still be wise.

   - Chorus -

And now I'm hanging on the hope of tomorrow,

And I'm living it day to day.

I'm sure I've got a dream you could borrow.

As long as you promise to come back my way.

   - Tag -

And now I'm hanging on the hope of tomorrow,

And I'm trying to figure out my way.

I've taken up my measure of sorrow.

Oh wont you walk along beside me today.

Oh wont you walk along beside me now and stay.

© Copyright 2003 A Williams

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