I Really Wanted To Believe You

Based on some of the prior feedback on this lyric, this is a rewrite. Different rhyme scheme. A lot more particulars. And more concise. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks!

I REALLY WANTED TO BELIEVE YOU

[Verse 1]

Monday mornin’ drivin’ to my second job

Three red lights in a row, my head throbs

Homeless man on the corner flags me down

Reach for a dollar not a nickel to be found

And you’re off on another galivant

While the world at large is at war

And in the back ‘a my mind I’m sayin’:

What do we need a President for?

[Chorus]

I really wanted to believe you

Mister President, I really wanted to

Wanted to believe that you actually care about the little people

But the tall promises you made

Like blue smoke, they’ve faded

And I don’t feel nothin’ these days but broken down an’ jaded

[Verse 2]

Used to be farmers’ biggest fear was no rain

Nowadays, they can’t afford to produce grain

Home foreclosures across this great land

And when it floods FEMA shows up short-handed

And we’re payin’ higher taxes

But the schools and roads are in shambles

These days, either way you vote

Seems, you’re takin’ a huge gamble

[Chorus]

I really wanted to believe you

Mister President, I really wanted to

Wanted to believe that you actually care about the little people

But the tall promises you made

Like blue smoke they’ve faded

And I don’t feel nothin’ these days but broken down an’ jaded

[Verse 3]

Grocery store, I’m standin’ in a long line

Tryin’ to decide which items to leave behind

You promised food prices would come down

Now, I’m scroungin’ for the cheapest eggs in town

And you’re sendin’ more money overseas

When children here are starvin’

It’s gettin’ harder these days to give thanks

When there’s no turkey for carvin’

[Chorus]

I really wanted to believe you

Mister President, I really wanted to

Wanted to believe that you actually care about the little people

But the tall promises you made

Like blue smoke they’ve faded

And I don’t feel nothin’ these days but broken down an’ jaded

[Tag]

The tall promises you made

Like blue smoke, they’ve faded

And I don’t feel nothin’ these days

No, I don’t feel nothin’ these days

I don’t feel nothin’ these days but broken down an’ jaded.

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