Last Hope

Put your pants on Leroy, they're coming round to get us
Down to our last hope that is almost squandered
They got us outnumbered, they better hope they don't upset us
Cuz the last time we were down for the count we conquered

Remember the last time the riot got started
One took it on the chin and his brains got parted
And his head was bashed in and he was easily outsmarted
Broken hearted down in Last Hope

My mama raised me to say yes ma'am
And your mama raised you to not to be afraid
But things can get scary down in Birmingham
When our good manners start to slip away

Manners come handy when rest is well-earned
And your privates ain't private and there's so much to learn
Walking round in a circle or caught up in the ropes
Wrestling with your demons down in Last Hope

I'm a stickler for taking from all my mistakes
Not repeating the same ones that I've already made
Tired of making these payments on debts already paid
Broke and afraid down in Last Hope

So stick around friend, it only ends if we let it
Nothing left to lose and yet consumed with fear
Our best case scenario is trying to forget it
And the last man standing buys the beer
The Last Man Standing buys the beer

Be a shame if it all came down to Jack and Diane
The cliches we learned to live with will still kill us in the end
Eighteen turned to sixty, over as it began
Too late to make a stand down in Last Hope

It's stupid to think it could be any other way
If life was fair i'd screw it up some way
Hanging on for dear life just to die some other day
And waste away down in Last Hope
Waste away