I Was Hoping
Alanis Morissette

As we were talking outside it was cold

We were shivering yet warmed by the subject matter

My wife is in the next room, we've been having troubles you know

Please don't tell her or anyone but I need to talk to somebody


You said, Wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was

Five minutes before I'd died I'd be filled with such regret

Before I took my last breath and I said

But you're willing to tell me this now

And you're not going to die anytime soon


And I said, I haven't been eating chicken or meat or anything

And you said, Yes but you've been wearing leather

And laughed and said, We're at the top of the food chain

And yes you're still a fine woman and I cringed


I was hoping

I was hoping we could heal each other

I was hoping

I was hoping we could be raw together


We left the restaurant where the head waiter in his 60's said

Goodbye sir, thank you for your business

Sir, you're successful and established, sir

We like the frequency with which you dine here sir and your money and


When I walked by they said Thank you too dear

I was all pigtails and cords

And there was a day when I would've said something like

Hey dude I could buy and sell this place so kiss it

I too once thought I was owed something


I was hoping

I was hoping we could challenge each other

I was hoping

I was hoping we could crack each other up


I too thought that when proved wrong I lost somehow

I too once thought life was cruel and

It's a cycle really

You think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you


I think you're insensitive

And I don't feel heard and I said, Do you believe we are

Fundamentally judgmental, fundamentally evil?

And you said, Yes


I said, I don't believe in revenge, in right or wrong, good or bad

You said, Well what about the man that I saw handcuffed

In the emergency room bleeding after beating his kid


And she threw a shoe at his head

And I think what he did was wrong

And I would've had a hard time feeling compassion for him

I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged


I was hoping

I was hoping we could dance together

I was hoping

I was hoping we could be creamy together


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  'Til You   (Change Is) Never A Waste Of Time   1974   1974 (Live)   20/20   20\/20   21 Things   21 Things I Want in a Lover   8 Easy Steps   A Man   A Man   A Year Like This One   After A Year Like This One   All I Really Want   All That Jazz   An Emotion Away   Are You Still Mad   Are You Still Mad ?   Are You Still Mad?   Awakening Americans   Awakening Americans (unreleased)   Baba   Bent 4 U   Bent for You   Big Bad Love   Big Sur   Break   Can't Deny   Can't Not   Can't Deny   Can't Not   Celebrity   Change Is Never A Waste Of   Citizen Of The Planet   Crazy   Crazy (James Michael Mix)   Crazy (Seal cover)   Crazy [Claude le Gache Mix]   Crazy [Claude le Gache Mixshow]   Crazy [Eddie Baez Coo Coo Club Mix]   Crazy [From the DeVil Wears Prada]   Crazy [Interstate Full Length Mix]   Dear Prudence   Dear Prudence (The Beatles cover)   Death of Cinderella   Death Of Cinderella (Live)   Don't Drink The Water   Don't Drink The Water   Doth I Protest Too Much   Edge of Evolution   Eight Easy Steps   Eight Easy Steps (Jez Colin & Flipper Dalton Remix...   Eight Easy Steps (Remixes)   Eight Easy Steps (Smitty & Gabriel D. Vine Remix)   Eight Easy Steps (The Orange Factory Mix)   Eight Easy Steps (Thick Dick Filter Mix)   Eight Easy Steps [Jez Colin & Flipper Dalton Remix...   Eight Easy Steps [Smitty & Gabriel D. 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