[Intro]
         
         

[Chorus]
            
Had to have hi

              
gh, high hopes

       
 for a living
              
Shooting for t

            
he stars when 

              
I couldn't mak

    
e a killing
              
Didn't have a 

            
dime but I alw

          
ays had a visi

on
            
Always had hig

             
h, high hopes

            
Had to have hi

              
gh, high hopes

       
 for a living
            
Didn't know ho

              
w but I always

       
 had a feeling
            
I was gonna be

              
 that one in a

  
 million
            
Always had hig

             
h, high hopes

[Verse 1]

Mama said

  Fulfill the 

prophecy

Be something g

reater

  Go make a le

gacy

Manifest desti

ny

Back in the da

ys
            
We wanted ever

              
ything, wanted

 
 everything


Mama said

  Burn your bi

ographies

Rewrite your h

istory

Light up your 

wildest dreams
            
Museum victori

    
es, everyday
            
We wanted ever

              
ything, wanted

 
 everything

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Mama said don'

          
t give up, it'

            
s a little com

 
plicated
             
All tied up, n

          
o more love an

            
d I'd hate to 

        
see you waitin

g

[Chorus]
            
Had to have hi

              
gh, high hopes

       
 for a living
              
Shooting for t

            
he stars when 

              
I couldn't mak

    
e a killing
              
Didn't have a 

            
dime but I alw

          
ays had a visi

on
            
Always had hig

             
h, high hopes

            
Had to have hi

              
gh, high hopes

       
 for a living
            
Didn't know ho

              
w but I always

       
 had a feeling
            
I was gonna be

              
 that one in a

 
 million
            
Always had hig

             
h, high hopes

[Verse 2]

Mama said

It's uphill fo

r oddities
    
The stranger c

rusaders

  Ain't ever w

annabes
    
The weird and 

the novelties

Don't ever cha

nge
            
We wanted ever

              
ything, wanted

 
 everything

            
  Stay up on t

    
hat rise
              
Stay up on tha

            
t rise and nev

        
er come down
            
  Stay up on t

    
hat rise
              
Stay up on tha

            
t rise and nev

        
er come down

[Pre-Chorus]
             
Mama said don'

          
t give up, it'

            
s a little com

 
plicated
             
All tied up, n

          
o more love an

            
d I'd hate to 

        
see you waitin

g
              
They say it's 

             
all been done 

          
but they haven

              
't seen the be

            
st of me - e -

     
 e - e 
             
So I got one m

              
ore run and it

          
's gonna be a 

            
sight to see -

         
 e - e - e

[Acapella]
            N.C.                     
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

[Chorus]
            
Had to have hi

              
gh, high hopes

       
 for a living
              
Shooting for t

            
he stars when 

              
I couldn't mak

    
e a killing
              
Didn't have a 

            
dime but I alw

          
ays had a visi

on
            
Always had hig

        
h, high hopes

            
Had to have hi

              
gh, high hopes

       
 for a living
            
Didn't know ho

              
w but I always

       
 had a feeling
            
I was gonna be

              
 that one in a

 
 million
            
Always had hig

        
h, high hopes