Rattlesnake mornin' The ceilin' fan's a buzzin' There's a fly up on my face I'm too sick to move a muscle And the shower's in the next room Feels like a mile away! Oh, God today's the thirty-first I've gotta get the waterbill paid I bought a '67 Lincoln Suicide doors Got that posi-trac transmission Four on the floor I'm gonna hook up to the war horse Enter in the U.P.R.A. I ain't a roper by no means But I gotta get the waterbill paid I'm on high hopes You ain't livin' 'less You're livin' life broke Workin' on high hopes Too late, too long Just party through the pain and carry on I broke an axle in Bandera Nearly lost the trailer I mechanic on the side But rarely turns out right I'd call some help if I could see straight Looks like I'm sleepin' here tonight But this is mountain lion country And I hear they love a redhead delight I'm on high hopes You ain't livin' 'less You're livin' life broke Workin' on high hopes Too late, too long Just party through the pain and carry on I'm on high hopes You ain't livin' 'less You're livin' life broke Workin' on high hopes Too late, too long Just party through the pain and carry on