High, high hopes
 
  
  Had to have high, high hopes for a living
 
 Shooting for the stars when you knew that I was willing
 
 Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision
 
 Always had high, high hopes (High, high hopes)
 
 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
  
 
 Mama said, fulfill the prophecy
 
 Be something greater, go make a legacy
 
 Manifest destiny, back in the day
 
 We wanted everything, wanted everything
 
 Mama said, burn your biographies
 
 Rewrite your history, light up your wildest dreams
 
 Museum victories, every day
 
 We wanted everything, wanted everything
  
 
 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
  
 
 Had to have high, high hopes for a living
 
 Shooting for the stars when you knew that I was willing
 
 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
 
 I was gonna be that one in a million
 
 Always had high, high hopes (High, high hopes)
  
 
 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
  
 
 Stay up on that rise
 
 Stay up on that rise and never come down, oh
 
 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
 
 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, eh-eh-eh
 
 So I got one more run and it's gonna be a sight to see, eh-eh-eh
  
 
 Had to have high, high hopes for a living
 
 Shooting for the stars when you knew that I was willing
 
 Didn't have a dime, but I always had a vision
 
 Always had high, high hopes (High, high hopes)
 
 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 (High, high hopes)
 
 Had to have high, high hopes for a living
 
 Shooting for the stars when you knew that I was willing
 
 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
 
 I was gonna be that one in a million
 
 Always had high, high hopes (High, high hopes)