I Hope

Lyrics

[SUSANNAH] Every girl has seen the picture in the picture books Of the perfect family Father, junior, and the mother smiling as she cooks Looking pretty as can be I wish I looked like the lady in the picture books Like a blonde and blushing bride Cuz if I looked like the lady in the picture books I could use her as my guide I'm in a trap I need a map Because I'm tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting And I want to know, which way my life will go I'm tired of grasping and fumbling and gasping Someone help me see, just what my life might be Will someone throw me a rope? I hope And the role they say is normal don't appeal to me Anyway it's one I'd never be able to play They can pretend I'm Betty Crocker but I'll never be As the world reminds me every day And I'm tired of waiting, I'm tired of waiting Oh, I want to know, which way my life will go I'm tired of stalling and lifting then falling Someone show me, please, my possibilities Will I be able to cope? I hope This is the way that you make his dinner This is the way that you get a little thinner This is the way you fit in with the fashion This is the way that you lose your passion This is the way that the feelings smother This is the way I become my mother That is the pill bottle on the shelf What is the way to become myself, become myself, become myself Will I be proud of the life that I'm allowed? If I do not win will I just give in? Because I'm tired of waiting and deliberating I just want to know which way my life will go I'm tired of grasping and fumbling and gasping Someone help me see, just what my life might be I'm tired of crying, defending, and dying I just want to know, which way my life will go Do I throw in the towel? Take the easy way out? Do I rage, do I mope? No, I hope I hope, I hope I hope, I hope I hope, I hope I hope, I hope