Expectations Lyrics - Singles - Ray Davies

Now all the lies are beginning to show 

And you're not the country that I used to know 

I loved you once from my head to my toe 

But now my belief is shaken 

And all your ways are so untrue 

No one breaks promises the way that you do 

You guided me, I trusted you 

But now my illusion's shaken 

Thought this empire would be here 

At least a thousand years 

But all the expectations and aspirations 

Slowly disappear 

Now all the lies have gone on too long 

And a million apologies can't right the wrong 

Soldiers die but the lies go on 

But soon we will awaken 

In our expectations for the future 

We were not to know 

We had expectations, now we've reached 

As far as we can go 

And all your manners are too, too polite 

Just to prove that you're conscious is white and bright 

You had your day so get ready for the night 

For another dawn is breaking 

We had expectations, now we've reached 

As far as we can go