I had my hopes up high
Joe elyHeaded 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
Mais ouvidas de Joe ely
ver todas as músicas- That's Why I Love You Like I Do
- Carnival Bum
- Crawdaddy Train
- Saint Valentine
- Down In The Light Of The Melon Moon
- Everybody Got Hammered
- Flood on our hands
- Run Preciosa
- Hold On
- All you Are Love
- Wind's Gonna Blow You Away
- Down on Filberts Rise
- Letter To Laredo
- Back to my Old Molehill
- I Had My Hopes up High
- Every Night About This Time
- Slow you Down
- I'm a Thousand Miles from Home
- I'm Gonna Strangle You Shorty
- A Flood On Our Hands