[ar:Tift Merritt] [ti:Hopes Too High] [al:Another Country] [03:16.29][00:01.37]Tift Merritt - Hopes Too High [00:13.06] [00:13.26]Listen baby, I won』t leave no trace. [00:18.99]Gonna light out of here for some cleaner place. [00:23.92]I』ll be sitting in the backseat with my hair in my face, [00:31.03]Then gone fast as freedom on good wind. [00:34.90] [00:35.85]If I got my hopes too high, this is no easy kind of life. [00:47.71]But I see it in my mind’s eye, touch me real as daytime, [00:53.64]And I can』t keep from trying. [00:57.35] [01:01.01]No place to run for a girl like me, [01:07.04]Whole lot of used to’s and supposed to be’s, [01:12.21]I want to burn like august, shine like gold dust, [01:18.94]Where everyday living can』t hold me. [01:22.96] [01:23.94]If I got my hopes too high, this is no easy kind of life. [01:35.72]But I see it in my mind’s eye, touch me real as daytime, [01:41.63]And I can』t keep from trying. [01:44.40] [02:12.16]So when I reach for you from some way down place, [02:19.01]Don』t be a stranger who won』t show his face. [02:25.04]I got no promise but these words I say, [02:31.06]I carry you, you carry me, [02:34.91] [02:35.93]If I got my hopes too high, this is no easy kind of life. [02:59.81][02:47.82]But I see it in my mind’s eye, touch me real as daytime, [03:05.75][02:53.66]And I can』t keep from trying. [03:15.00][02:56.67]