I was gonna be that one in a million

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Always had high, high hopes

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

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

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Always had high, high hopes

I was gonna be that one in a million

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Always had high, high hopes

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

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

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

and it's gonna be a sight to see-eh-eh-eh

So I got one more run

but they haven't seen the best of me-eh-eh-eh

They say it's all been done

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

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

Stay up on that rise and never come down

Stay up on that rise

Stay up on that rise and never come down, oh

Stay up on that rise

We wanted everything, wanted everything

The weird and the novelties don't ever change

The stranger crusaders, ain't ever wannabes

Mama said,Êit's uphill for oddities

Always had high, high hopes

I was gonna be that one in a million

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Always had high, high hopes

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

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

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

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

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

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Museum victories, every day

Rewrite your history,Êlight up your wildest dreams

Mama said,Êburn your biographies

We wanted everything, wanted everything

Manifest destiny, back in the days

Be something greater, go make a legacy

Mama said,Êfulfill the prophecy

Always had high, high hopes

I was gonna be that one in a million

Didn't know how but I always had a feeling

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

Always had high, high hopes

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

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

Had to have high, high hopes for a living

High, high hopes