Grief and Hope - Don McLean

Grief and hope, they walk together

Live side by side but they’re not friends

Grief and hope they help to carry us through

And when we see better days, they go separate ways

I knew a man who lost a lot

He was a man the world forgot

He had his share of pain and sorrow

But he had hope to face tomorrow

Grief and hope, they walk together

Live side by side but they’re not friends

Grief and hope they help to carry us through

And when we see better days, they go separate ways

There’ll be dark clouds across the sky

You may ask God the reason why

But while you’re praying and while you’re kneeling

Remember hope does all the healing

Grief and hope, they walk together

Live side by side but they’re not friends

Grief and hope they help to carry us through

And when we see better days, they go separate ways

When darker forces rule the land

You still can have the upper hand

Grief will destroy you if you let it

But hope will help you to forget it

Grief and hope, they walk together

Live side by side but they’re not friends

Grief and hope they help to carry us through

And when we see better days, they go separate ways