Song "Gettin High" - live version

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 tree And when an apple fell, he discovered gravity He was getting high - seeing mathematics in the sky Everyone around the world, oh me oh my they are getting high Socrates drank some herbal tea, felt a tingle in his mind And created a whole new philosophy, on just the question “why” Getting high, opening up his Mind’s Eye Everyone around the world, oh me oh my they are getting high Galileo smoked a funny plant, looked up to the stars to see That it was the Sun and not the Earth at the center of the galaxy They said you must be crazy, Galileo you must be high The Pope had him tied to the stake, so they could watch him fry Getting high, opening up his Mind’s Eye Everyone 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 spleef Remember in San Francisco, there was an explosion of LSD 10 years later those tripped-out geeks would make Silicon Valley Getting high, opening up the Mind’s Eye Everyone 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 hooked They will never know what hit em, because their minds they will be cooked Getting high, a “High and Mighty” kinda high Getting drunk on Absolute – Power, a “Rule the World” kinda high The Ruling class had a meeting, said you know we gotta stop Those people from opening up their minds, or our bubble is gonna pop We’ll make all those plants illegal and throw the people in the clink And fill their minds with nonsense, so that they can’t even think Getting 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 sky We 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 best We’ll punish all our enemies, and we’ll wipe out all the rest Getting 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 love The 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.

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Song "Gettin High" - live version is an episode from Infinity Point Podcast.

This episode is 4:47 long.

This episode was published on Sep 29, 2010.

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