Half As High

They say it's getting harder
Harder every day
More that we got to make now
It's more that we got to pay

Something here ain't as it seems
How come we're living someone else's dreams
Say the grass is greener but it ain't that green
Here come the firefighters with the gasoline

How come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high
How come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high
Well, I don't know what we've been sold
But I think I heard the story a long time ago
How come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high

The game is tooth for tooth now
But I say and eye for an eye
I keep one eye open
For everything passing by
They say they know not what they do
But I think they do I'm telling you
Change and rearrange the numbers too
We gotta get higher than we used to do

Well, how come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high
How come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high
Well, I don't know what we've been sold
But I think I heard the story a long time ago
How come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high

Better switch gears just for fear
Of everything breaking down
They say heavy is the head that wear the crown
17 and 93
Did you hear what happened to old Louis
Keep on pushing and maybe you'll see
Give my regards to the monarchy

Well, how come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high
How come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high
Well, I don't know what we've been sold
But I think I heard the story a long time ago
How come we got to take a bigger hit
Just to get half as high