And when the day begins I need her to begin me She's hell for leather when I let her see what's in me It's so addicting there's no predicting What's she's going to do or say By the Gods that made her I can't persuade her But she'll do it for me anyway She isn't real, no I've never met her Simply a hope, perchance to dream Ah but still, I can't forget her Hope springs eternal it would seem Sadly a fiction my predilection For her arrival She'll smile politely then only slightly To my would-be rival There's no denying that I am dying For a chance to be her faith It's almost tragic to hope for magic But still something in me waits She isn't real, no I've never met her Simply a hope, perchance to dream Oh, but still I can't forget her Hope springs eternal it would seem She isn't real, no I've never met her Simply a hope, perchance to dream Ah but still, I can't forget her Hope springs eternal it would seem