The lyrics just flew off my pen in a stream of consciousness for this song. I plan a more refined studio version plus youtube video, but wanted to release this live version just to get it out there.

Getting High

Isaac Newton ate a mushroom, sitting under an apple treeAnd when an apple fell, he discovered gravityHe was getting high - seeing mathematics in the skyEveryone around the world, oh me oh my they are getting high

Socrates drank some herbal tea, felt a tingle in his mindAnd created a whole new philosophy, on just the question “why”Getting high, opening up his Mind’s EyeEveryone around the world, oh me oh my they are getting high

Galileo smoked a funny plant, looked up to the stars to seeThat it was the Sun and not the Earth at the center of the galaxyThey said you must be crazy, Galileo you must be highThe Pope had him tied to the stake, so they could watch him fryGetting high, opening up his Mind’s EyeEveryone around the world, oh me oh my they are getting high

Now look at Jimmy Buffet, He’s livin on Palm Beach,Writing Music, Books, and Movies – all started with a little spleefRemember in San Francisco, there was an explosion of LSD10 years later those tripped-out geeks would make Silicon ValleyGetting high, opening up the Mind’s EyeEveryone around the world, oh me oh my they are getting high

John D Rockefeller saw oil shoot in the sky, He said, “With this, I’ll rule the world – I’ll be so god damn high” “There will be no competition from alcohol or hemp seed”“Prohibition, Reefer Madness, I’ll stamp out all those weeds”Getting high, a “High and Mighty” kinda high,Getting drunk on Absolute – Power, a “Rule the World” kinda high

The CIA looked at cocoa leaves, and said, “This won’t do the trick”“We need something much more toxic, that’ll make the people sick”Let’s make it concentrated, we’ll get the people hookedThey will never know what hit em, because their minds they will be cookedGetting high, a “High and Mighty” kinda highGetting drunk on Absolute – Power, a “Rule the World” kinda high

The Ruling class had a meeting, said you know we gotta stopThose people from opening up their minds, or our bubble is gonna popWe’ll make all those plants illegal and throw the people in the clinkAnd fill their minds with nonsense, so that they can’t even thinkGetting high, a “High and Mighty” kinda high,Getting drunk on Absolute – Power, a “Rule the World” kinda high

Surveillance camera’s everywhere, an eye up in the skyWe will rule the world with an iron fist, and show those fuckers who’s high.We will scratch each other’s backs, because, you know, we are the bestWe’ll punish all our enemies, and we’ll wipe out all the restGetting high, a “High and Mighty” kinda high,Getting drunk on Absolute – Power, a “Rule the World” kinda high

Quote from comedian Bill Hicks

It’s a choice right now between fear and loveThe eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your door, by guns, and close yourself off.The eyes of love, instead, see all of us as one.Here’s what we can do to change the world right now…Take all that money we spend on weapons and defense each year and, instead, spend it feeding, clothing, and educating the poor of the world, which it would many times over – not one human being excluded.And we can explore space together – both inner and outer – forever in peace.