I've done my best, yet
Still made a mess
Who would have figured
Who could have guessed
That this would be
Another failed attempt
Of taking
The High Road

Who doesn't know
It's an uphill climb
Morning, noon
On through the night
Try as I might
Time after time
Of taking
The High Road

I must confide
This I, me, mine
Gets in the way
To wrong my rights
Keeps me away
From reaching heights
Of taking
The High Road

I tend to go
The way of hope
In what I see
In all I know
I pray the day
It will be so
That we'll all take
The High Road

I once had compassion
A love ever lasting
Now here I am asking
What have I become

I gave into pressure
Thinking that I knew better
Thought I had all the answers
What have I done

Now I'm left with this needing
To where life once had meaning
In my younger days dreaming
I had a good run

With back against the wall
Took my eye off the ball
Deep, this feeling of loss
At what I have done

When told of this day
Too late I'm afraid
This bed I have made
What have I become

life is hard
on your own
that's why i don't
go it alone
that doesn't mean
that I am weak
God just knows
what's good for me
he's had a hand
in who I am
from the start
to the end
he loves my soul
holds my heart
because he knows
life is hard

Remember when life was easy
When it wasn’t all that hard
Now we struggle keeping up with the Joneses
And wonder if the Smiths are who they say they are

That was before we thought we needed
All they told us that we did
I’m to the point where they can keep it
This surely is no way to live

That’s when you say don’t call me Shirley
As we both chuckle over that
The only thing that keeps us going
Is the fact we still can laugh

Remember when Penny candy
Cost a penny and nothing more
And we were happy with one piece
Before greed yanked ******* our cord

Simpler ways, simpler days
We were simply happier then
Before we made the mistake
Of them telling us what we had to have

Back then when life was easy
When it really wasn’t all that hard
Now we struggle to keep up with the Joneses
And wonder if the Smiths are who they say they are

We’re fighting for and against
As of late, that’s how it is
Every day a hit or miss
Past, Present, Future tense

You might decide to call this life
I beg to differ, no reason why
Can we not read a simple sign
And simply stop, at the line

No one will reap from this instinct
Churning underneath but not that deep
You for you and me for me
It’s been that way through history

Selfishness rings of selfish times
Which calls collect to save the dime
Feel we’re owed most of the time
Until you get yours and I get mine

As we fight for and against
Everything we wish we had
That’s jotted down on our long list
Past, Present, Future tense

How tight is the grip that we have
On this so-called life
And if it all, one day went bad
Would we still be satisfied

Do we find our worth here on earth
Where moths and rust destroy
Or do we look towards Heaven
To bring about real bouts of joy

Do we not realize that this life
Is here and gone in the blink of an eye
That it doesn't end on this side
With our last breath the day we die

If you have a grip, try and lose it
Cause what you have will never last
And turn your eyes towards Heaven
Where all our needs are met

Once we lose our worldly grip...

There's a thin line in-between
The walking dead and living
Spending time here on earth
Living life for all it's worth

This daily trip of hit or miss
In certainty get on with it
How many miss out on the time
Letting this life pass them by

There's a thin line in-between
How we act and tend to lean
How much of ourselves we give away
In the packaging of love and hate

Pointing fingers righteously
Just don't point them back at me
Pretending somehow that we care
As quotation marks hang in the air

There's a thin line in-between
The solid truth and pretending
That everything will be okay
If we try our hand at love and hate

Loving those that love you back
Where's the sacrifice in that
The struggle to try and get along
That's the true test of hate and love