Helplessly Hoping

Album: Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
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  • Helplessly hoping
    Her harlequin hovers nearby
    Awaiting a word
    Gasping at glimpses
    Of gentle true spirit
    He runs, wishing he could fly
    Only to trip at the sound of good-bye

    Wordlessly watching
    He waits by the window
    And wonders
    At the empty place inside
    Heartlessly helping himself to her bad dreams
    He worries
    Did he hear a good-bye? Or even hello?

    They are one person
    They are two alone
    They are three together
    They are for-or each other

    Stand by the stairway
    You'll see something
    Certain to tell you confusion has its cost
    Love isn't lying
    It's loose in a lady who lingers
    Saying she is lost
    And choking on hello

    They are one person
    They are two alone
    They are three together
    They are for-or each other Writer/s: Stephen A. Stills
    Publisher: O/B/O DistroKid, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • AnonymousIt was written By Joesph"Gold Hill" Richards with a co'-writer. Stills BOUGHT THE SONG and put his name on it! Common practice on the 60's and 70's. Joey played it for Judy Mahan immediately after writing it. Stills was visiting Mayhan when Joey played it for them.
  • Mark B. Stoned from Desperate Hot Springs, CaAnother amazingly beautiful song by Stephen Stills.
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