[Verse 1]
Monday morning runs to Sunday night
Screaming, “Slow me down” before the new year dies
Well, it won't take much to kill a loving smile
And every mother with a baby crying in her arms, singing

[Pre-Chorus]
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything?

[Chorus]
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
Got high hopes
I got high hopes

[Verse 2]
Coming from the city, coming from the wild
I see a breathless army breaking like a cloud
They're going to smother love, they're going to shoot your hopes
Before the meek inherit, they'll learn to hate themselves

[Pre-Chorus]
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything?
[Chorus]
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus]
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything?

[Chorus]
Got high hopes
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
Got high hopes

[Verse 3]
Tell me, someone, what's the price?
I want to buy some time and maybe live my life
I want to have a wife, I want to have some kids
I want to look in their eyes and know they stand a chance
[Pre-Chorus]
Give me help, give me strength
Give a soul a night of fearless sleep
Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything?

[Chorus]
I got high hopes
Got high hopes
I got high hopes
Got high hopes

Got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes
I got high hopes