Optimist
American Steel

Your eyes have a haunted look

But I can't know what ghost they're hiding

Still you stay near, idled by fear

It's not enough to know that you're here

Ease my mind and try to help me understand

Why you're warmer than a gun but colder than its hand

Optimism will make you suffer fools gladly

I'm holding out for you to do the right thing

Emphatically

People don't do what they say or they mean even if they wanted to

Optimist

Now I'm an optimist but then I must admit people just do what they

Do what you want, you're free aimlessly

And dreaming's for fools with a whim to spare

Your mind is so nonchalant and fresh, oh yes

And magnetic eyes are drawn to your

Idealism will make you impatient

They're holding out

For you to win all

Or break them utterly

People don't do what they say or they mean even if they wanted to

Optimist

Now I'm an optimist but then I must admit people just do

Optimist...

People don't do what they say or they mean even if they wanted to

Now I'm an optimist but then I will admit I'm holding out for you

Optimist...

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