Alan Menken - One Last Hope lyrics

rate me

So, ya wanna be a hero, kid? Well, whoop de do

I have been around the block before with blockheads just like you

Each and everyone, a disappointment

Pain for which there ain't no ointment

So much fo excuses though a kid of Zeus' is

Asking me to jump into the fray

My answer is two words, okay, you win, oh God, oy vay

I'd given up hope that someone would come along

A fellow who'd ring the bell for once, not the gong

The kind who wins trophies, won't settle for low fees

At least semi-pro fees but no, I get the green horn

I've been out to pasture pal, my ambition gone

Content to spend lazy days and to graze my lawn

But you need an advisor, a satyr but wiser

A good merchandiser and oh, there goes my ulcer

I'm down to one last hope and I hope it's you

Though kid, you're not exactly a dream come true

I've trained enough turkeys who never came through

You're my one last hope, so you'll have to do

Demigods have faced the odds and ended up a mockery

Don't believe the stories that you read on all the crockery

To be a true hero kid is a dying art

Like painting a masterpiece, it's a work of heart

It takes more than sinew, comes down to what's in you

You have to continue to grow

Now that's more like it, I'm down to one last shot

And my last high note, before that blasted underworld gets my goat

My dreams are on you, kid go make them come true

Climb that uphill slope, keep pushing that envelope

You're my one last hope and kid, it's up to you