HIGH HOPES

1995 studio snippet

What up, come here, man!

One two, ah-one, two, three

One
Whoa!

Monday mornin' runs to Sunday night
And screams slow me down before the new year dies, oh
Much to kill, kill a lovin' smile
And every mother with a baby cryin' in her arms, sayin'
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
Got high hopes
Got high hopes
All right, got high hopes
Got high hopes

[cut]

Everything
Got high hopes
Got high hopes
Come back, man
Got high hopes
(Don't!)
Got high hopes

Comin' from the city, comin' from the wild
I see a breathless army breakin' like a cloud
It's gonna smother love, it's gonna shoot your hopes (Stop! That's not funny!)
Before the meek inherit they'll learn to hate themselves

[cut]

[Bruce's son:] Hi, daddy!
[Bruce:] He's got it!
[Bruce's son:] Guitar
[Bruce:] Yeah -- guitar, that's right, he said guitar! Guitar! Guitar! Guitar!
(There we go)
[Bruce:] Modern recording! The '90s! [Bruce and Patti laugh]
I mean... [laughs]
[Patti Scialfa:] Very different for you, I'm sure!
[Bruce:] Everything that you hear...
[Male voice:] Xerox this, several more...
[Bruce:] ...and the '70s...
[Male voice:] Make a half a dozen of those...
[Bruce:] And the '60s!
[Patti:] [laughs] And the '50s!

[Bruce and Patti:] Ooh, ooh
[Patti:] Dah, dah
[Bruce:] And then we have, second:

Ooh, ooh
[Patti:] Ooh, ooh

[Bruce:] And then we have third:
[Patti:] Ooh

[cut]

Give me love, give me peace
Don't you know these days you pay for everything
Got high hopes

[cut]

[Bruce:] Uh... What's the part beneath, and, adds...
[Patti:] I got high hopes, high hopes, high hopes
[Bruce:] Try that.

[cut]

High hopes
High hopes

Info

The above lyrics are transcribed from the studio snippet that appears on the 1996 documentary Blood Brothers. See the 1995 studio version for more details.

Bruce Springsteen recording HIGH HOPES in studio (from the Blood Brothers documentary)

The Blood Brothers Documentary

Producer/director/photographer Ernie Fritz was given complete access to the 1995 studio sessions with the E Street Band, and part of the 23-hour footage was released on the 80-minute documentary Blood Brothers in November 1996.

The video was nominated in 1997 for a "Best Long Form Music Video" Grammy Award. The nomination was shared among video director/producer Ernie Fritz, video producer Lee Rolantz, and video producer Jack Gulick. It lost to The Beatles Anthology.

Blood Brothers premiered in the United States on 03 Mar 1996 on the Disney Channel. It was released on Laserdisc on 01 Oct 1996, VHS on 19 Nov 1996 (the packaging for which included the bonus Blood Brothers EP), and DVD on 16 Jan 2001.

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band -- Blood Brothers (Laserdisc)

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band -- Blood Brothers (VHS)

Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band -- Blood Brothers (DVD)

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

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