The Outsiders - Hopeless War Lyrics

2024 Broadway
The Outsiders the Musical - Hopeless War Lyrics

The song is written by Jonathan Clay, Zach Chance and Justin Levine.

PONYBOY:
A battle's raging in my head
I swear, your friends,
They wanted me dead
I never would have fought before
But the Socs,
They declared this war

CHERRY:
But this war,
It eats you up inside
Till you're blinded
By your foolish pride
When you only see the world one way
It's only black and white,
But never grey
One by one, we fall in line
The same mistake a thousand times
Doing what we've all been raised to do
Now Johnny's hurt and Bob has died
When will we be satisfied?
I know somewhere inside of you,
You feel the same way too
It's a hopeless war we're fighting
And we don't even know what for
The truth is
Even in the end
Even if you win
It doesn't change a thing
You'll still be the losers
Destined to fail
And we'll be the lucky ones
Got the whole world by the tail
I came to you because
I thought you might be
The only one who understands
This hopeless war is so completely
Hopeless in the end

PONYBOY: (spoken)
I can't sit this one out
I just can't

The Outsiders the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Tulsa '67
Grease Got a Hold
Runs in the Family
Great Expectations
Friday at the Drive-In
I Could Talk to You All Night
Runs in the Family (Reprise)
Far Away from Tulsa
Run Run Brother
Justice for Tulsa
Death's at My Door
Throwing in the Towel
Soda's Letter
Hoods Turned Heroes
Hopeless War
Trouble
Little Brother
Stay Gold
Tulsa '67 (Reprise)