aus. music - wishing again. Lyrics

I wonder why I keep on waking up each day just to pay the bills
And all those days off just to hike alone up in the hills
They keep on saying life's a journey but I don't know if it's worth the thrill
Mom counts on me but all I see is a hopeless race that I'm running still

Holding on to dreams that are so far out of reach
Daydreaming before sleep wishing I could live in them each
Tell me I'm loved tell me I'm my mama's darling
But the thing is life always puts me in a losing pit
Oh if life is a highway must I learn everything the hard way?

And I always have that high hope
Singing along with a song on an open road
Always believed life's a beautiful thing but it's too much to redeem
Could've loved could've left could've taken that chance
But here I stand wishing again for a dream that never came

Write in that book so late at night
They said reading takes you back to a time when everything felt right
All the money I earn so hard just to make it flow like mountain streams
And all that effort to keep myself sane just for me to fall again in my dreams

And I always have that high hope
Singing along with a song on an open road
Always believed life's a beautiful thing but it's too much to redeem
Could've loved could've left could've taken that chance
But here I stand wishing again for a dream that never came

I wonder why I keep on waking up each day just to pay the bills
And all those days off just to hike alone up in the hills
They keep on saying life's a journey but I don't know if it's worth the thrill