I Had My Hopes Up High lyrics

Well I left my home out on the great High Plains

Headed for some new terrain

Standin` on the highway with my coffe cup

A` Wonderin` who was gonna pick me up

I had my hopes up high--I never thought that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by

I had my hopes up high



Well, the first ride I got was in a dynamite truck

The driver kept a` tellin` me his bad luck

As we swerved around the curves I began to shout

Hey-ey mister would you let me out

I had my hopes up high--I never though that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by

I had my hopes up high



And the next ride I got was with a man in trouble

The beard on his face was all in a stubble

Runnin` from the law he was goin` ninety-nine,

I said hey-ey mister you`re out of your mind

I had my hopes up high--I never thought that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by

I had my hopes up high



Oh, the next ride I got was with a preacher man

Told me that the wicked would be buried in sand

Don`t know why I did it but I lost control

Hey-ey Papa would you save my soul

I had my hopes up high--I never thought that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by

I had my hopes up high



And I finally got a ride on a carnival train

Nearly blew away in a hurricane

I got to thinkin` bout that preacher down in Louisianne

Sittin` on the Delta Siftin` sand

I had my hopes up high--I never thought that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by

I had my hopes up high



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