I want to tell you a story
   About a man who did die
   And all he wanted from living
   Was the chance to get high
   So he set out to driving
   To do his dealing and score
   Well, he climbed up that mountain
   Yeah, yeah, ha had to have more
  
   He had to get high
  
   Next step up the ladder
   Was a needle so fine
   Just a crack-headed buster
   What better reason to fly
   He had a wife and some children
   And a Cadillac too
   He's got his head down that spiral
   There's nothing that we can do
  
   He had to get high
   So high
   Let's get high
  
   [Chorus:]
   He's lying alone in the gutter at night
   No friends to help him, nobody in sight
   Done all his talking to angels alone
   No hope in this life
   When you're scarred to the bone
  
   Y'know there's no death or glory
   When you're riding the wind
   Just the crash and explosion
   Of your head giving in
   Turning left at damnation
   Turning right at the fire
   In your veins there's a burning
   For your quest to get high
  
   He had to get high
   So high
   Let's get high