Foolish Hope

Hope is a basic feeling we all share. Sometimes, hope can go on, and on, and on for a long time without becoming realized. I wanted to tell the story of this experience. The “on & on & on” part is called “demented reality” among professional psychotherapists. For the sake of lyrical phrasing and singing sounds, I did changed “demented reality” to Foolish Hope.

For some of us, a “moment” arrives somewhere down the line when we are finally honest with ourselves and know that it is time to move on from something in our lives. We are stuck on someone, something or sometimes just the world around us being so difficult. Once we move on, looking back reveals just how stuck we were.

I could hear Bonnie Raitt covering this song. With that in mind, I asked Kirk James to join me in the studio to add some authentic blues guitar to the groove Here is the version we recorded with Engineer Scooter Smith adding his ear. My, My ….did it ever work! Bonnie - would still love to hear your interpretation of this song. It is definitely in your wheelhouse!

• Foolish Hope Lyrics

  I can’t be me
  Can this be
  Figure it out
  Eventually
  
  Love is gone
  Try to be strong
  Hope goes on
  And on and on and on
  
  CHORUS
  Foolish hope it will work out
  Foolish hope there’s always doubt
  Foolish hope it had its chance
  To find acceptance
  
  Too much pain
  Will it change
  Stays the same
  So insane
  
  Every day
  Look the other way
  So much to say
  Run away
  
  CHORUS
  
  BRIDGE
  Hope wants a well to toss wishes in
  And hear them touch down
  Foolish hope when dreams are lost in time……abandoned
  
  Then the moment
  Light turns on
  Took too long
  Time to move on
  
  Looking back
  I now see
  Foolish hope
  Took over me
  
  CHORUS
  
  © Geoff Wolf 2019