I Had My Hopes Up High-Joe Ely

[ti:I Had My Hopes Up High] [ar:Joe Ely] [al:Outlaws & Armadillos: Country's Roaring '70s] [by:] [offset:0] [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 [00:12.56] [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 [00:28.07] [00:30.69]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye [00:34.36]I had my hopes up high [00:36.13] [00:38.87]Well the first ride I got was in a dynamite truck [00:42.20] [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 [00:48.90] [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 [00:57.91] [01:00.65]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye [01:04.15]I had my hopes up high [01:05.98] [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 [01:45.20] [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 [01:57.35] [02:00.23]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye [02:03.76]I had my hopes up high [02:05.55] [02:08.31]Oh the next ride I got was with a preacher man [02:11.57] [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 [02:18.44] [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 [02:27.90] [02:30.55]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye [02:33.98]I had my hopes up high [02:35.76] [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 [03:06.08] [03:08.77]Would ever wonder why I ever said good bye [03:12.25]I had my hopes up high [03:14.11] [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