| 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 (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 days | 
| 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 I couldn’t make a killing | 
| 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 (High, high hopes) | 
| 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 I couldn’t make a killing | 
| 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 I couldn’t make a killing | 
| 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) |