[Verse 1: Paul McCartney]
I will always be hoping, hoping
You will always be holding
Holding my heart in your hand
I will understand, ooh

[Verse 2: Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney]
I will understand someday, one day
You will understand, always
Always from now until then

[Pre-Chorus: Paul McCartney]
When it will be right? I don't know
What it will be like? I don't know
We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us

[Chorus: Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney]
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
(From the darkness that surrounds us)

[Verse 3; Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney]
And I wouldn't mind knowing, knowing
That you wouldn't mind going
Going along with my plan
[Pre-Chorus: Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney]
When it will be right? I don't know
What it will be like? I don't know
We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us

[Chorus: Paul McCartney]
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
(From the darkness that surrounds us)

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro: Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney]
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance
Hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
(From the darkness that surrounds us)
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance (I will understand)
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance (I will understand)
Hope of deliverance, hope of deliverance