2. LOW-DOWN "HIGH" (2:50)

(1)
Why do they call it "high" on drugs
When the way people act is so low-down?
No, really...why do they call it "high" on drugs,
When the way people act is so low-down?
No, tell me...why do they call it "high" on drugs,
When the way people act is so low-down?

(2)
Well, the "highs" I go for are high self-esteem,
my high regard for you, high hopes for the future!
Yeah! The "highs" I go for are high self-esteem,
my high regard for you, high hopes for the future!
Yeah! The "highs" I go for are high self-esteem,
my high regard for you, high hopes for the future!

(3)
I've got better things to do than waste my time
Messin' up my body and messin' up my mind!
Why should I waste my money and my time
Messin' up my body and messin' up my mind?
Don't try to waste my money and my time
Messin' up my body and messin' up my mind!

(4)
I'm too special for that kind of junk---you bet!
We're too special for that kind of junk---yeah!
You're too special for that kind of junk! Uh huh!

(5)
There are so many things in this wonderful world
That capture my interest and spark my mind---
So many places to go, and people to know,
So many things to do and see and learn and to experience!
Places to go, and people to know,
So many things to do and see and learn and to experience!

(6)
I get my kicks out of livin', my highs out of life!
We get our kicks out of livin', our highs out of life!
So get your kicks out of livin', your highs out of life!

(7)
It's like I said before, drugs'll mess up your body and mess up your mind,
and sooner or later you don't feel so fine!
And when your mind and your body get all messed up
you forget what's real and what isn't real---
But the harm that's done is there to stay,
'cause once you do it, it stays done; that sure isn't my idea of fun!

And the things people do when they've got that junk in 'em---
They don't care about others or about themselves;
They forget what's real and what isn't real,
But the harm that's done is there to stay,
'cause once you do it, it stays done; and that sure isn't my idea of fun!
(8)
Oh, why do they call it "high" on drugs,
When the way people act is so low-down?
No, really...why do they call it "high" on drugs,
When the way people act is so low-down?
No, really...why do they call it "high" on drugs,
When the way people act is so loooooooow-down?


copyright 1988 by Linda K. Williams
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