The High Life Songtext
von Tom McRae

It seemed like such a good idea
Stake your claim, boys, you can make it here
But now we′re down in the mud
The quick and not quick enough are both bleeding
And, yeah, tomorrow's long gone
Sold for a song that I′m stealing

And we can light a fire, now, with all that's left to burn
And warm our hands on failed plans, and new leaves left unturned
In the high life
The high life
The high life
The high life


Look around, now, tell me all's not lost
Take the coin, boys, from where your heart once was
And now heaven is lying empty
And all the devil′s here
And we can drink our bellies full, but never quench the thirst
And we can burn the spinning wheels, but when you′re cursed, you're cursed

With a taste
For the high life
The high life
The high life
The high life

(High life)
Shut up all my life, I′ve been hearing the voices (high life)
Of the silver spoon, of the perfect smile, of your gilded lives (high life)
I know, now, in your veins there will only be blue blood (high life)
Come on, cut me now you will find that I bleed the blackest bile (high life)
(High life)
I know, now, none of your kind is ever on my side (high life)
So the rich stay the rich, and the rest forever be denied (high life)
The high life