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My father was a farmer But his head was in the sky He worked everyday but Sunday Until the day he died He prayed for rain and thunder And listened for the sound In the dry years he went under He never got off the ground We all dream when we're younger That we will do great things Me? I used to have a hunger To wear a pilot's wings But the circles that out ran him Turned my head around And the planes I had my plans in Never got off the ground "Don't raise your hopes," I hear so many say, "The higher they get, the closer they are To flying away." Fly high away. Songtexte "Don't raise your hopes," I hear so many say, "The higher they get, the closer they are To flying away." They say there but for fortune Is the way it would've been If we can take a bigger portion It would fill our heads again You see them on the sidewalks In the parks all over town Those who've taken flight Never got off the ground Aus Songtexte Mania