Hope Street Lyrics - Tinderbox - Stiff Little Fingers

So you're living on a false reputation 

You're a big man in this town 

And it seems by your own estimation 

That you're a character of renown 

But it's all deceptive 

Your facade's defective 

Yet it's what's expected 

When you're really just the same as all of us 

[Chorus] 

You're living on Hope Street 

(Living on Hope Street) 

You're living on hunger and desire 

You're living on Hope Street 

(Living on Hope Street) 

And I hope that you never loose the fire 

Whole lives lived under the burden 

The strain of the buying age 

Believe me I know it for certain 

That you can break from the cage 

By holding your head high 

Get a little self pride 

Self respect on your side 

And you'll find that all the doors fly open wide 

[Chorus] 

And all the problems at your door 

Don't let them bother you no more 

Just take them all down one by one 

You'll find they fall apart 

If you face them with head and heart 

And what was hard doesn't seem so hard no more