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High Party Tab

by Ted Leo


                    TED LEO - THE HIGH PARTY
                   



Intro 


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Verse 
        
I`m looking at another day to find that I`ve got nothing to say 

        
Or I`m looking for another way to process what happened on that birthday 

        
And either way, if you`re gonna call it art, then there`s a cup in front of you 

        
And right away, if you`re gonna play your part, you must drink it down 


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But mine eyes have seen the glory of the fields of flowers and factory floors 

        
And my mind`s content to lie at rest for hours behind my loved one`s doors 

        
And if there`s a war, another shitty war to fight for Babylon 

          
Then it`s the perfect storm in a tea cup, but you must drink it down 


Chorus 
   
And what do you make of nights when you thought you`d make much more 

   
Than being too tired to turn the lights out and too drunk to drink more? 

   
And what does it take to not hear the cynics at your door 

       
Saying its time to turn the lights out, and you`ll want to keep it down? 


Solo 
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Verse 
        
So I`m lifting up that poison cup to drink a draught of propaganda 

        
Or I`m giving up that other stuff in hopes that it`ll make me madder 

        
And either way, if you`re gonna call it art, then there`s a cup in front of you 

          
And right away, if you`re gonna play your part, you must drink it down 


Chorus 
   
And what do you make of nights when you thought you`d make much more 

   
Than being too tired to turn the lights out and too drunk to drink more? 

   
And what does it take to not hear the cynics at your door 

       
Saying it`s time to turn the lights out, and you`ll want to keep it down? 

Repeat Intro 


Chorus 
   
And what do you make of nights when you thought you`d make much more 

   
Than being too tired to turn the lights out and too drunk to drink more? 

   
And what does it take to not hear the cynics at your door 

   
Saying it`s time to turn the lights out, and you`ll want to keep it 

   
And what does it say of all the things you`ve said before 

   
When you`re too drunk to turn the lights out and too tired to drink more? 

   
And what do you save? And what does it feel like to be saved? 

       
And can you ``pull 2-3-4, pull 2-3-4,`` can you drink it down? 

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