[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 pr

ophecy

Be something g

reater

Go make a lega

cy

Manifest desti

ny

Back in the da

ys
            
We wanted ever

        
ything, wanted

 everything

     
Mama said

Burn your biog

raphies

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 wan

nabes

The weird and 

the novelties

Don't ever cha

nge
            
We wanted ever

              
ything, wanted

 
 everything

            
Stay up on tha

 
t rise
              
Stay up on tha

            
t rise and nev

        
er come down
            
Stay up on tha

  
t 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
             
So I got one m

             
ore run and it

              
's gonna be a 

             
sight to see

[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

            
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