High Hopes

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

(Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing)

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

(Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision)

Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision

(Always had high, high hopes)

Always had high, high hopes

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

(Didn't know how but I always had a feeling)

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

(I was gonna be that one in a million)

I was gonna be that one in a million

(Always had high, high hopes)

Always had high, high hopes

(Mama said, "Fulfill the prophecy, be something greater, go make a legacy")

Mama said, "Fulfill the prophecy, be something greater, go make a legacy"

("Manifest destiny back in the days we wanted everything, wanted everything")

"Manifest destiny back in the days we wanted everything, wanted everything"

(Mama said, "Burn your biographies, rewrite your history, light up your wildest dreams")

Mama said, "Burn your biographies, rewrite your history, light up your wildest dreams"

("Museum victories, everyday we wanted everything, wanted everything")

"Museum victories, everyday we wanted everything, wanted everything"

(Mama said, "don't give up, it's a little complicated")

Mama said, "don't give up, it's a little complicated"

("All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting")

"All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting"

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

(Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing)

Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

(Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision)

Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision

(Always had high, high hopes)

Always had high, high hopes

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

(Didn't know how but I always had a feeling)

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

(I was gonna be that one in a million)

I was gonna be that one in a million

(Always had high, high hopes)

Always had high, high hopes

(Mama said, "It's uphill for oddities, the stranger crusaders, ain't ever wannabes")

Mama said, "It's uphill for oddities, the stranger crusaders, ain't ever wannabes"

("The weird and the novelties don't ever change we wanted everything, wanted everything")

"The weird and the novelties don't ever change we wanted everything, wanted everything"

(Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise)

Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise

(and never come down, oh)

and never come down, oh

(Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise and never come down)

Stay up on that rise, stay up on that rise and never come down

(Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated)

Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated

(All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting)

All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting

(They say it's all been done but they haven't seen the best of me)

They say it's all been done but they haven't seen the best of me

(So I got one more run and it's gonna be a sight to see)

So I got one more run and it's gonna be a sight to see

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

(Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes)

Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living, didn't know how but I always had a feeling)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living, didn't know how but I always had a feeling

(I was gonna be that one in a million, always had high, high hopes)

I was gonna be that one in a million, always had high, high hopes

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing

(Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes)

Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes

(Had to have high, high hopes for a living, didn't know howbut I always had a feeling)

Had to have high, high hopes for a living, didn't know howbut I always had a feeling

(I was gonna be that one in a million always had high, high hopes (High, high hopes...))

I was gonna be that one in a million always had high, high hopes (High, high hopes...)