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I Had My Hopes Up High - Joe Ely



     
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Well, I left my home out on the Great High Plains
Headed for some new terrain
Standin' on the highway with my coffee cup
A wonderin' who was gonna pick me upI had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up highWell, the first ride I got was in a dynamite truck
The driver kept tellin' me his bad luck
As we swerved around the curves, I began to shout
I said, "Hey mister would you let me out?"I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up highAnd the next ride I got was with a man in trouble
The beard on his face was all in a stubble
Runnin' from the law he was goin' ninety-nine
I said, "Hey mister, you're out of your mind"I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up highAnd the next ride I got was with a preacher man
Told me that the wicked would be buried in sand
I don't know why I did it but I lost control

I said, "Ho Papa, would you save my soul?"I had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up highAnd I finally got a ride on a carnival train
Nearly blew away in a hurricane
I got to thinkin' bout that preacher down in Louisianne
Now I'm sittin' on the Delta Siftin' sandI had my hopes up high, I never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up highI never thought
That I would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye
I had my hopes up high

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Joe Ely (born February 9, 1947) is an Austin, Texas, honky-tonk/country musician. Ely, born in Amarillo, spent his formative years from age 12 in Lubbock, Texas. Shortly after high school, in 1970, with fellow Lubbock musicians Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock, he formed The Flatlanders. According to Ely, "Jimmie was like a well of country music. He knew everything about it. And Butch was from the folk world. I was kinda the rock & roll guy, and we almost had a triad. We hit it off and started playing a lot together.

Read more about Joe Ely on Last.fm.


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