Your eyes have a haunted look   But I can't know what ghost they're hiding   Still you stay near, idled by fear   It's not enough to know that you're here   Ease my mind and try to help me understand   Why you're warmer than a gun but colder than its hand   Optimism will make you suffer fools gladly   I'm holding out for you to do the right thing   Emphatically      People don't do what they say or they mean even if they wanted to   Optimist   Now I'm an optimist but then I must admit people just do what they      Do what you want, you're free aimlessly   And dreaming's for fools with a whim to spare   Your mind is so nonchalant and fresh, oh yes   And magnetic eyes are drawn to your   Idealism will make you impatient   They're holding out   For you to win all   Or break them utterly      People don't do what they say or they mean even if they wanted to   Optimist   Now I'm an optimist but then I must admit people just do   Optimist...      People don't do what they say or they mean even if they wanted to   Now I'm an optimist but then I will admit I'm holding out for you   Optimist...