For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic (a rewrite)

Sing, sing,

Sing of arms and of the men

Who only want to leave

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Sing, sing,

See yourself in the mirror

Say what you need to hear

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You think that you can come here

Like I’ll say how to fix things

Like the chorus doesn’t matter

Like you don’t know better?

I put my faith in you, so much faith in you

And I’m not ready to lose

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I never told you, but I’m telling you now

Don’t run away

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Sing, sing

I’ll build it all

I’ll build it so they’ll come

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Sing, sing,

Because if you’re silent now

Then you’ll never speak

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You think that you can give up

And live a normal life?

And never struggle twice?

And I’ll just let it lie?

I put my faith in you, so much faith in you

And I’m not ready to lose

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I never told you, but I’m telling you now

Don’t run away

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And if I have to be the man about it

(I went to girls’ school, I’m pretty used to it)

I’ll sing deep, stand tall, gunsling, find faith

I put my faith in you, so much faith in you

And I’m not ready to lose

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I never told you, but I’m telling you now

Don’t run away