From the recording Learn To Be Loved
Chris MacLean: Vocals; Acoustic Guitar
Fred Guignon: Lap Steel
Linsey Wellman: Soprano Sax
Peter Von Althen: Drums; Percussion
Ken Kanwisher: Double Bass
Ian Tamblyn: Piano
Dominique Saint Pierre: Udu Pot
Lyrics
This Hope – copyright © Chris MacLean 2000 (SOCAN)
With all the colours in this paintbox
I want to paint everything I’ve seen
Ten shades of blue
For the sky, the lake and you in between
The water, the waves we ride
Sun up, mist rising
Looking up through the pines on a warm, bright day
I’ll remember loving you this way
I want to hurry less
Pay attention to what is best for me
CHORUS
I rode this hope
Up and down like a wave
This hope that you’d love me some day
I rode this hope, I rode it like a wave
All summer long
Until you went away
Woodsmoke, the sun, and the wind
A red ribbon tying back your braid
Well, you said if I tired you’d carry me and I felt safe
Splashes of coral and slate in the sky
You painted by the waterside
Well, with or without you, the sky stays the same
‘Cept now baby it’s beginning to rain
I want to hurry less
Pay attention to what is best for me
I watched your plane take off
I watched til I couldn’t see it anymore
And you were swallowed by the sky
And I cried, and I cried, and I cried
But I’m quiet now, no regrets
I’ll keep the best for me
CHORUS
I rode this hope
Up and down like a wave
This hope that you’d love me some day
I rode this hope, I rode it like a wave
All summer long
Until you went away