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High Hopes & Low Expectations Lyrics by JD Clayton

Blue Sky Sundays

2024

[Verse 1]
\nI finally found my golden ticket
\nA ferry ride to western skies
\nI left my home and the life I loved
\nTo become a man that I could be proud of
\nI sat beside this older fella
\nI guess he saw the fool in me
\nI didn't pay for his advice
\nBut whiskey wisdoms poured out over ice
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nHe said, "High hopes and low expectations
\nThat's what you'll need to keep moving on and headed straight
\nThere'll be good days and bad days
\nBut Old Man River keeps on rolling
\nThrough fields and pines, he always finds his way
\nAnd if you keep on, you'll do the samе"
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nI shook the hand of the wise old strangеr
\nI thanked him for the conversation
\nThen I heard, "All aboard, full steam ahead
\nIt's time to leave for the promised land"
\n
\n[Bridge]
\nAs time's flown by, I've grown old
\nI rode the backs of my wildest dreams
\nLife didn't always work out right
\nBut you can bet I'll sure sleep good tonight
\n
\n[Chorus]
\n'Cause I have high hopes and low expectations
\nThat's what it took to keep moving on and headed straight
\nThere were good days and bad days
\nBut Old Man River kept on rolling
\nThrough fields and pines, I always found my way
\nAnd if you keep on
\nYou'll do the same\n\n
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JD Clayton

JD Clayton

About “High Hopes & Low Expectations” by JD Clayton

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"High Hopes & Low Expectations" appears on "Blue Sky Sundays" in 2024.

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