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lyrics

don't hold your breath
waiting on my impending death
it's not your fault
that I am lost

don't blame yourself
there's no road map you can sell me
to help me find my way
around the ghosts that I create

it doesn't mean a fucking thing you see
unless you're saying you don't love me

i came by to see you at home
stopped along the way and I tried to use the pay phone
heard your voice via answering machine
I left a message there and a note on your windshield

now we don't know how to sleep
so we just pass out
gotta work this 90s problem out

you were out looking for me
you stopped by the practice space dressed like a punk rock barbie
remember when we owned the night
rode around pasting stars into the light

now we don't know how to sleep
so we just pass out
gotta work this 90s problem......out

gotta work it out

flashback friday break out the drugs
everybody let's get high
all my troubles are in the past
my 90s problem's far behind
i quit them drugs
I kicked them bugs
i licked them slugs
i quit them drugs
back in 1999
i surely would've done those lines

I can't get high
why'd i have to get so?

wham bam shimmy sham thank you mam
thank you for the tiger stripes
i sure do love animals
why'd i have to get so high?

why'd i get high?
why'd i have to get so high?
why'd i have to get so high?
why'd i have to get so
why'd i have to get so
why'd i have to get so high?

we never died of an overdose
but a lot of our friends did
we thought we walked away unscathed
just to find we're addicted to the
way it was
the way it should be
the way it could be now
we've got to find a way
to swallow down
this bitter pill somehow

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from Why'd I have to get so high?, released October 2, 2015
extra guitar and drums by Jerome Westercamp
piano by John Hoffman

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