Hope and Wire Songtext
von The Eastern

Well Jackie spent her 20′s as a junkie in Balmain
Now she's teachin′ paintin' but the nights they feel the same
Said, "If that's all that you got that I can hang onto" she said
"You ain′t hangin′ you'll get yourself stuck like I did"

"Well the times they are changin′" she said, "That's alright
They ain′t ever changin' back, well at least not tonight"
"I′ve never been sadder" and she said, "You're a liar
Put yourself back together with hope and wire
Put yourself back together with hope and wire"

Well Richard went to sea when he was just 13
And he grew up along the coastlines and he grew up mean
He lost his good looks with a cricket bat
But he died with his fists up, how about that?

"Well the times they are changin'" he said, "That′s alright
They ain′t ever changin' back, well at least not tonight"
"I′ve never been sadder" and he said, "You're a liar
Put yourself back together with hope and wire
Put yourself back together with hope and wire"


Well then there was a Russian man who
Found himself south after being a refugee
He′d been shipping rifles in the harbor
Mouth right across the Black Sea
Then they put him on the snow without a bullet, he didn't understand
′Til he killed his first German with the palm of his hand

I said, "Times they are changin'" he said, "That's alright
They ain′t ever changin′ back, well at least not tonight"
"I've never been sadder" and he said, "You′re a liar
Put yourself back together with hope and wire
Put yourself back together with hope and wire"

Well here in Christchurch city it's Christmas time around the corner
There ain′t many lights a-shinin', there′s despair across the water
Then I crashed my car into that Mongrel
Mob fella who was drivin' with his daughter
But when he raised his hand I had nothin'
To fear when he stopped and wished me
"Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, bro"

"Well the times they are changin′" he said, "That′s alright
They ain't ever changin′ back, well at least not tonight"
"I've never been sadder" and he said, "You′re a liar
Put yourself back together with hope and wire
Put yourself back together with hope and wire"


Put yourself back together with hope and wire
Put yourself back together with hope and wire
Put yourself back together with hope and wire
Put yourself back together with hope and wire