High Hopes
Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1961
From the 1959 movie "Hole In The Head"
(Academy Award Winner, Best Song)

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1. Next time your found, with your chin on the ground,
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   There a lot to be learned, so look  a - round.
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   Just what makes that little old ant
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   Think he'll move that rubber tree plant?
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   Anyone knows an ant can't move a rubber tree plant,
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   But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes,
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   He's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes.
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   So an - y time your gettin' low, 'stead of lettin' go,
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   Just remember that ant --
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   Oops there goes another rubber tree.
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   Oops there goes another rubber tree.
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   Oops there goes another rubber tree plant.

2. When troubles call, and your back's to the wall,
   There a lot to be learned, that wall could fall.
   Once there was a silly old ram
   Thought he'd punch a hole in a dam;
   No one could make that ram scram -- he kept buttin' that dam,
   'Cause he had high hopes, he had high hopes,
   He had high apple pie, in the sky hopes.
   So an - y time your feelin' bad,'stead of feelin' sad,
   Just remember that ram --
   Oops there goes a billion kilowatt
   Oops there goes a billion kilowatt
   Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam.

(Personal arrangement follows)
   Yes we’ve got high hopes, we’ve got high hopes,
   We’ve got high apple pie, in the sky hopes.
   All prob - lems just a toy balloon;
   They'll be bursted soon -- they're just bound to go pop.
   Oops there goes another problem ker - 
   Oops there goes another problem ker -
   Oops there goes another problem ker - plop, ker - plop?