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
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)
人生には高い理想を持たなければならなかった
空を見上げてばかりじゃ大成功なんてできない
はした金すら持っていなかったけど、常に未来のことを考えていた
いつも高い理想を持っていた
高い理想を持ち続けて生きてきた
どうやってそれを実現するのかなんて知らなかったけど、成功するって思ってた
大金持ちになるってずっと確信してた
いつも高すぎる理想を持っていたんだ
ママは言ってた、志を成し遂げなさいって
何かで大成し、歴史に残りなさいって
西部開拓時代、その頃みたいになれるって
僕たちはすべてを手に入れようとしていた
ママは言ってた、学歴なんてなんの価値もないって
経歴なんて吹き飛ばす成功をするために、でっかい夢を目指すべきだと
歴史的成功、そんな毎日を目指す
僕たちはすべてを手に入れようとしていたんだ
ママは諦めてはいけないっていつも言ってた「そんなときはちょっと混乱してるだけ
がんじがらめ、愛もなく、何もしていないあなたはもう見たくない」
ママは言ってた、周りと違うと風当たりが強いって
他より抜きん出た人は誰にもならないし
変革者や革新者は周りに影響されないって
僕たちはすべてを手に入れようとしていた
昇って昇って昇って、下には行ってはだめって
昇って昇って昇って、下には行ってはだめって
ママは諦めてはいけないっていつも言ってた「そんなときはちょっと混乱してるだけ
がんじがらめ、愛もなく、何もしていないあなたはもう見たくない」
みんな言う「これが全てか」って、だけど僕の本気はまだみてないだろ？
だから僕はまた走り出す、こいつは見ものだから見ててくれ
