Hoping for a Miracle

On Waterloo Bridge you got lost in the fog

Performing a crazy monologue

About love and luck

And do they coincide?

And how you can feel disqualified

With no room for manoeuvre and all routes explored

Because you’re ignored

You’re hoping for a miracle

To get you out of here

Hoping for a miracle

A miraculous career

Where everyone loves you

Everyone wants you

A photo on their phone

You’re on the rebound

Life is a playground

A taxi takes you home

You’re hoping for a miracle

Still hoping for a miracle

With no room for manoeuvre

No room for manoeuvre

A meadow in Oxford where you sat in the sun

Those were the days you had just begun

Firing verbal shots

Like a Tommy Gun

In the expectation you’d be number one

A child of the sun, a leader of men

You know, not if but when

You’re hoping for a miracle

tTo run and win the race

Hoping for a miracle

To earn a famous face

Everyone loves you

Everyone needs you

You’ve got what it takes

You’re everywhere now

You have the know-how

And all the money it makes

Hoping for a miracle

Still hoping for a miracle

With no thought of surrender

No thought of surrender

No thought of surrender

No room for manoeuvre

Hello, hello

Is anybody out there?

You need a break

You could take it from anywhere

Could they beam you out of here?

Hoping for a miracle

Been waiting too long

You’re hoping for a miracle

To help you carry on

When nobody loves you

Nobody needs you

You’re out here on your own

Who can you turn to?

Where can you run to?

There’s nowhere you call home

You’re hoping for a miracle

Still hoping for a miracle

With no room for manoeuvre

No room for manoeuvre

It’s been this way since life began

The child lives on inside the man

You have to eat, you need to sleep

You sometimes feel you’re in too deep