Billy an d his bi
cycle screamed down the hill
His school buddies yelled out,
you're gonna get killed
Right as his wheels hit the ramp made
of plywood and block
For a moment in time,
he soared above them
Evil couldn't evil, had nothing on him
He was brave and foolish,
young and carefree he was launched
Flyin' over a ditch that was too
wide to be jumped across
When he fi nally came down,
crashed into the ground
It wasn't the stars that he saw or how hard
that he fell that they wanted to know
They all gathered round and said, tell us,
how high did you go?
The whole town said
Billy would never get far
When he climbed on
a greyhound with his
old guitar
But he hopped off in
Nashville, caught a song
Headed straight to the top
He thought as he sang on the
Grand
Ole
Opry
Hank senior and juniors
got nothing on me
He was fresh, had the look, had a hit,
had a hat, he was hot
Flying up the new country charts
until it all went pop
When he fi nally came down,
crashed back into town
It wasn't the stars that he saw or how hard
that he felt that they wanted to know
They all gathered round and said,
tell us, how high did you go?
How high did you go?
So all you big dreamers and
disheartened schemers
Who find yourselves back in the hole
Skip all the low points and tell us
How high did you go?
All we want to know is how high
did you go?
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