[00:00.00]I Had My Hopes Up High - Joe Ely
[00:02.19]Lyricist：Joe Ely
[00:04.38]Composer：Joe Ely
[00:06.57]Producer：Chip Young
[00:08.76]Well I left my home out on the great high plains
[00:13.10]Headed for some new terrain
[00:16.26]Standin' on the highway with my coffe cup
[00:19.49]A wonderin' who was gonna pick me up
[00:22.89]I had my hopes up high I never thought that I
[00:30.69]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye
[00:34.36]I had my hopes up high
[00:38.87]Well the first ride I got was in a dynamite truck
[00:42.72]The driver kept a tellin' me his bad luck
[00:45.60]As we swerved around the curves I began to shout
[00:49.52]Hey ey mister would you let me out
[00:52.64]I had my hopes up high I never though that I
[01:00.65]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye
[01:04.15]I had my hopes up high
[01:38.34]And the next ride I got was with a man in trouble
[01:41.91]The beard on his face was all in a stubble
[01:45.80]Runnin' from the law he was goin' ninety nine
[01:48.89]I said hey ey mister you're out of your mind
[01:52.08]I had my hopes up high I never thought that I
[02:00.23]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye
[02:03.76]I had my hopes up high
[02:08.31]Oh the next ride I got was with a preacher man
[02:12.30]Told me that the wicked would be buried in sand
[02:15.65]Don't know why I did it but I lost control
[02:19.25]Hey ey papa would you save my soul
[02:22.47]I had my hopes up high I never thought that I
[02:30.55]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye
[02:33.98]I had my hopes up high
[02:46.68]And I finally got a ride on a carnival train
[02:50.46]Nearly blew away in a hurricane
[02:53.61]I got to thinkin' bout that preacher down in Louisiana
[02:57.34]Sittin' on the delta siftin' sand
[03:00.66]I had my hopes up high I never thought that I
[03:08.77]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye
[03:12.25]I had my hopes up high
[03:16.66]I never thought that I
[03:18.28]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye
[03:21.99]I had my hopes up high