Howard Moss - All Hopes Gone Lyrics
When I grew up in the town of the rising sun I had so much to look forwardTo my life had begunI had lots and lots of friends and my family And they were all concernedAbout what I would beI enjoyed my time at school and my life in my teens And I didn't want myLife spent tied to machinesSo I got my education and a college degree Anything to be the best that ICould beAll Hopes gone, On The RunI moved away from town and I found a job Got myself and wife and workedRound the clockBought ourselves a house up around the hills But seemed to spend my timeJust paying the billsNext thing I remember I got my self into debt Easy to remember and so hardTo forgetMy wife she went and left for a banking man Then I put together myDesperate planAll Hopes Gone, All Hopes goneThe bank they came and took my house away I didn't have a chance to keepThe wolves at bayNext thing I remember I was out on the street I counldn't even stand upStraight on my two feetSo I went into town and I bought myself a gun About to do the wildest thingThat I have doneWent into the bank and I stole the loot The cops pursued me in a high speedPursuitAll Hopes gone, All Hopes goneSo I crossed the county line into New Orleans The way my life turned outJustified the meansIt's a bad thing to do don't get me wrong But I've always been as honest asThe day is longEventually I was caught and thrown in jail I never knew a soul that wouldPay the bailNow I'm my cell with the time on my hands Looking back I never had aFighting chanceAll Hopes Gone, All Hopes Gone
