Ely Joe I Had My Hopes Up High Lyrics

I Had My Hopes Up High Lyrics

Well I left my home out on the great High Plains



Headed for some new terrain



Standin' on the highway with my coffe cup



A' Wonderin' who was gonna pick me up



I had my hopes up high--I never thought that I



Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by



I had my hopes up high







Well, the first ride I got was in a dynamite truck



The driver kept a' tellin' me his bad luck



As we swerved around the curves I began to shout



Hey-ey mister would you let me out



I had my hopes up high--I never though that I



Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by



I had my hopes up high







And 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-ey 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 good-by



I had my hopes up high







Oh, the next ride I got was with a preacher man



Told me that the wicked would be buried in sand



Don't know why I did it but I lost control



Hey-ey Papa would you save my soul



I had my hopes up high--I never thought that I



Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by



I had my hopes up high







And 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



Sittin' on the Delta Siftin' sand



I had my hopes up high--I never thought that I



Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by



I had my hopes up high







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