Hope

"**Hope**" is the second song of Act Two of *Groundhog Day*.

In the song, Phil Connors progressively becomes despondent at his situation, to the point of wishing for death, having a revelation as to his newfound purpose.

## Lyrics

**[PHIL CONNORS]**

There will be mornings you will be utterly defeated by your laces

Days when every look looks condescending

Empty smiles and empty faces

The same old places, this stunning stasis

Just let your spirit slip away

Let all your troubles crumble and decay

There's more than one way out if at the end of the day

You're at the end of your rope

Never give up hope

Never let yourself be defeated

If you tried it once you can try again

A new day will follow

There's always tomorrow

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up hope

**[PHIL]**

Never listen to the unbelievers

You'll take your falls

You'll hit your walls

Don't give into sorrow

**[ENSEMBLE]**

There's always tomorrow

An everlasting farcical disaster

You play your part

You march the march

You don't complain

You find a way

Another day

Surrounded by a cast of half-wit bastards

Grinning masks amidst the grey

And yet you stay sane and through the pain

The frozen pain of glass

You strain to cast your gaze upon the path you have to tread

And in your head that linen dread

The fucking roads have all been trod

And there's no way and there's no God

And god oh god this goddamn weather

Will last forever

**[ENSEMBLE]**

But you must never, never, never

**[PHIL]**

Never give up hope

Never let the odds overwhelm you

When the game gets hard

Don't throw in your cards

A new day will follow

**[ENSEMBLE]**

There's always tomorrow

**[PHIL]**

I have done everything I can

I've done my best and I

I tried so hard to find my way out of this mess but I

But I'm so tired

I swear to you I've tried

And sometimes I just want to give up

Just give up and stay here and live

But I know there's no point in denying that I will keep trying

I'm a lot of things

But I'm not a quitter

I'll never give up, never give, never give

Never give up, never give up

Never give, never give up

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up

**[PHIL]**

Never give up, never give up

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up

**[PHIL]**

Never give up

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up

**[PHIL]**

Never give up

**[PHIL & ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up

**[PHIL]**

Never give up, never give up

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up

**[PHIL]**

Never

**[PHIL & ENSEMBLE]**

Give up

**[PHIL]**

Never give up, never give up

Never give up, never give up

Never give up, never give up

Never give up

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up hope

**[PHIL]**

Never give up, never give up

**[PHIL & ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up, never give up

Never give

**[ENSEMBLE]**

Never give up hope

Never let yourself be defeated

**[PHIL]**

Never let yourself be defeated

**[ENSEMBLE]**

You tried it once

**[PHIL]**

You tried it once

**[ENSEMBLE]**

You tried it again

**[PHIL]**

You tried it again

**[ENSEMBLE]**

A new day will follow

**[PHIL]**

A new day will follow

**[ENSEMBLE]**

If it isn't today have a little faith

There's always tomorrow

Never give up hope

Never give up hope

Never give up hope

Never give up hope

**[PHIL]**

Hold on to your faith

You'll find another way

After acid and gas and guns

And razors and rope

You may wanna live

But baby don't give up

Hope