High Hopes - Worldview

Well I didn’t give up on the road to love

But that road is long and that road is rough

So you seek a diversion from all that work

And I can’t get back now

I strayed off into a shady resort

Where perfect formulas quench your thirst

They fix you up in the simplest terms

And I can’t get back now

And I saw things that you’re not meant to see

Sights and scenes better left to your dreams

And on the way my standards are rising

I’m less prepared to compromise them

And every day brings wider horizons

So how’m I gonna get on the straight and narrow?

How’m I gonna get on to you?

And even if I could it may be too late

Cos I hear that love runs on give and take

That’s a deal to which I would not relate

No I can’t do that now

Cos I’m used to playing the waited-on guest

Youth and beauty granting my every request

Yeah on the way my standards are rising

I’m less prepared to compromise them

And everyday brings wider horizons

So how’m I gonna settle for what’s on offer?

How’m I gonna settle for you?

Now I want things that we’re not meant to see

Sights and scenes better left to our dreams

And all the way my standards are rising

I’m not prepared to compromise them

And should I ever finally arrive there

Then how’m I gonna settle for what’s on offer?

How’m I gonna settle for you?

Yeah how’m I gonna settle for something proper?

How’m I gonna settle for you?