Higher Ground (Letra)

Odesza Part. Naomi Wild

Ain’t no surprise
That I can’t sleep tonight
My only vice
Is standing by your side

So won’t you love me better
I’m waiting here
I need you now
Gravity can’t hold us down
So just take me there
To higher ground

Save me
I’m holding onto you
The sun is fading
I’m falling into blue
Why won’t you save me
My blood is running cold
So lift up
And get me to higher ground

Would you give me shelter
I need you now
If you lead, I’ll follow
I’m reaching out

So won’t you love me better
I’m waiting here
I need you now
Gravity can’t hold us down
So just take me there

So won’t you love me better
I’m waiting here
I need you now
Gravity can’t hold us down
So just take me there
To higher ground

Save me
I’m holding onto you
The sun is fading
I’m falling into blue
Why won’t you save me
My blood is running cold
So lift up
And get me to higher ground

Higher Ground (Letra)

The Kooks

Rock

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Call me a monster
Well baby, you’re a monster too
We’ve been messing around and now we’re back again
Now I’m half past it with an aching hip
I got some lipstick on my collar
While we’ve been getting it on in someone else’s bed
I met a woman I can’t control

We’ve got a tricky situation (yeah yeah yeah)
And it’s been going on for too many years now
We’ve got to save our reputation (yeah yeah yeah)
And get us up, up upon a higher ground
Up on a higher ground

Say I’m a hustler
Well honey, you’re a hustler too
There’s no limits we’ve been crossing all the lines
So if you’re on your way to see that dick again
I’ve got a date callin’ at the hour
And make your bed light twirl
Come on I’ll see you in a week
I won’t be home until tomorrow

We’ve got a tricky situation (yeah yeah yeah)
And it’s been going on for too many years now
We’ve got to save our reputation (yeah yeah yeah)
And get us up, up upon a higher ground
Up on a higher ground
Up on a higher ground

Well I would leave them all to be a loving man
You had moments we should cherish
Before we crash and burn, it might be our turn
To go straight so we don’t loose

We’ve got a tricky situation (yeah yeah yeah)
And it’s been going on for too many years now
We’ve got to save our reputation (yeah yeah yeah)
And get us up, up upon a higher ground
Up on a higher ground
Up on a higher ground
Up on a higher ground
Up on a higher ground

Higher Ground (Letra)

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Walk me over this situation
Let the sun’s light warm my face
Once again the times are changing
Once again I’ve lost my way
While the words of ancient poets
Fall like dust upon my shoes
Greed has grabbed me of my vision
Turned my heart from higher truths
So take my hand and lift me higher
Be my love and my desire
Hold me safe, in honor bound
Take my heart to higher ground

I have walked too long in darkness
I have walked too long alone
Blindly clutching fists of diamonds
that I found were only stones
I would trade my wealth of ages
for a warmer hand to hold
Though the path of life is narrow
But it leads to streets of gold

So take my hand and lift me higher
Be my love and my desire
Hold me safe, in honor bound
Take my heart to higher ground

In this world we move through shadows
Never sure of what we see
While the truth abides between us
Come and share the truth with me

So take my hand and lift me higher
Be my love and my desire
Hold me safe, in honor bound
Take my heart to higher ground

Ooh, Ooh

Written by Steve Dorf, George Green

Higher Ground (Letra)

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Walk me over this situation
Let the sun’s light warm my face
Once again the times are changing
Once again i’ve lost my way

While the words of acient poets
Fall like dust upon my shoes
Greed has grabbed me of my vision
Turned my heart from higher truths

So take my hand and lift me higher
Be my love and my desire
Hold me safe, in honor bound
Take my heart to higher ground

I have walked too long in darkness
I have walked too long alone
Blindy clutching fist of diamonds
That i found were only stones

I would trade the wealth of ages
For a warmer hand to hold
Though the path of life is narrow
But it leads the streets of gold

So take my hand and lift me higher
Be my love and my desire
Hold me safe, in honor bound
Take my heart to higher ground

In this world we move through shadows
Never sure of what we see
While the truth abides between us
Come and share the truth with me

So take my hand and lift me higher
Be my love and my desire
Hold me safe in honor bound
Take my heart to higher ground

Ooh, ooh

Higher Ground (Letra)

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Moon and stars sit way up high
Earth and trees beneath them lie
The wind blows fragrant lullaby
To cool the night for you and i
On the wing the birds fly free
Leviathan tames angry sea
The flower waits for honeybee
The sunrise wakes new life in me.

(chorus)

And every hour of every day i’m learning more
The more i learn, the less i know about before
The less i know, the more i want to look around
Digging deep for clues on higher ground…

The fishes swim while rivers run
Thru fields to feast my eyes upon
Intoxicated drinking from
The loving cup of burning sun
In dreams i’ll crave familiar taste
Of whispered rain on weary face
Of kisses sweet and warm embrace
Another time another place

(chorus)

And every hour of everyday i’m learning more
The more i learn, the less i know about before
The less i know, the more i want to look around
Digging deep for clues on higher ground…

Higher Ground (Letra)

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Moon and stars sit way up high
Earth and trees beneath them lie
The wind blows fragrant lullaby
To cool the night for you and i
On the wing the birds fly free
Leviathan tames angry sea
The flower waits for honeybee
The sunrise wakes new life in me.

(chorus)

And every hour of every day i’m learning more
The more i learn, the less i know about before
The less i know, the more i want to look around
Digging deep for clues on higher ground…

The fishes swim while rivers run
Thru fields to feast my eyes upon
Intoxicated drinking from
The loving cup of burning sun
In dreams i’ll crave familiar taste
Of whispered rain on weary face
Of kisses sweet and warm embrace
Another time another place

(chorus)

And every hour of everyday i’m learning more
The more i learn, the less i know about before
The less i know, the more i want to look around
Digging deep for clues on higher ground…

Higher Ground (Letra)

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People
Keep on learnin’
Soldiers
Keep on warrin’
World,
Keep on turnin’
Cause it won’t be too long.
Powers
Keep on lyin’,
While your people
Keep on dyin’
World,
Keep on turnin’,
Cause it won’t be too long.

Chorus:

I’m so darn glad he let me try it again,
‘cause my last time on earth i lived a whole world of sin.
I’m so glad that i know more than i knew then.
Gonna keep on tryin’ till i reach the highest ground.

Teachers,
Keep on teachin’
Preachers,
Keep on preachin’,
World, keep on turnin’,
‘cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no
Lovers,
Keep on lovin’
While believers
Keep on believin’.
Sleepers,
Just stop sleepin’
‘cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no!

Chorus

(spoken) an’ stevie knows that, uh, no-body’s gonna bring me down.
Till i reach the highest ground.
(spoken) ‘cause me ‘n’ stevie, see, we’re gonna be a sailin’ on the funky sound
Till i reach the highest ground.
(spoken) bustin’ out, an i’ll break you out, ‘cause i’m sailin’ on.
Till i reach the highest ground
(spoken)just, uh, sailin’ on sailin’ on the higher ground
Till i reach the highest ground

Higher Ground (Letra)

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People
Keep on learnin’
Soldiers
Keep on warrin’
World,
Keep on turnin’
Cause it won’t be too long.
Powers
Keep on lyin’,
While your people
Keep on dyin’
World,
Keep on turnin’,
Cause it won’t be too long.

Chorus:

I’m so darn glad he let me try it again,
‘cause my last time on earth i lived a whole world of sin.
I’m so glad that i know more than i knew then.
Gonna keep on tryin’ till i reach the highest ground.

Teachers,
Keep on teachin’
Preachers,
Keep on preachin’,
World, keep on turnin’,
‘cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no
Lovers,
Keep on lovin’
While believers
Keep on believin’.
Sleepers,
Just stop sleepin’
‘cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no!

Chorus

(spoken) an’ stevie knows that, uh, no-body’s gonna bring me down.
Till i reach the highest ground.
(spoken) ‘cause me ‘n’ stevie, see, we’re gonna be a sailin’ on the funky sound
Till i reach the highest ground.
(spoken) bustin’ out, an i’ll break you out, ‘cause i’m sailin’ on.
Till i reach the highest ground
(spoken)just, uh, sailin’ on sailin’ on the higher ground
Till i reach the highest ground

Higher Ground (Letra)

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People
Keep on learnin’
Soldiers
Keep on warrin’
World,
Keep on turnin’
Cause it won’t be too long.
Powers
Keep on lyin’,
While your people
Keep on dyin’
World,
Keep on turnin’,
Cause it won’t be too long.

Chorus:

I’m so darn glad He let me try it again,
‘Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin.
I’m so glad that I know more than I knew then.
Gonna keep on tryin’ till I reach the highest ground.

Teachers,
Keep on teachin’
Preachers,
Keep on preachin’,
World, keep on turnin’,
‘Cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no
Lovers,
Keep on lovin’
While believers
Keep on believin’.
Sleepers,
Just stop sleepin’
‘Cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no!

Chorus

(Spoken) An’ Stevie knows that, uh, no-body’s gonna bring me down.
Till I reach the highest ground.
(Spoken) ‘cause me ‘n’ Stevie, see, we’re gonna be a sailin’ on the funky sound
Till I reach the highest ground.
(Spoken) Bustin’ out, an I’ll break you out, ‘cause I’m sailin’ on.
Till I reach the highest ground
(Spoken)Just, uh, sailin’ on sailin’ on the higher ground
Till I reach the highest ground

Higher Ground (Letra)

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People
Keep on learnin’
Soldiers
Keep on warrin’
World,
Keep on turnin’
Cause it won’t be too long.
Powers
Keep on lyin’,
While your people
Keep on dyin’
World,
Keep on turnin’,
Cause it won’t be too long.

Chorus:

I’m so darn glad he let me try it again,
‘cause my last time on earth i lived a whole world of sin.
I’m so glad that i know more than i knew then.
Gonna keep on tryin’ till i reach the highest ground.

Teachers,
Keep on teachin’
Preachers,
Keep on preachin’,
World, keep on turnin’,
‘cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no
Lovers,
Keep on lovin’
While believers
Keep on believin’.
Sleepers,
Just stop sleepin’
‘cause it won’t be too long.
Oh, no!

Chorus

(spoken) an’ stevie knows that, uh, no-body’s gonna bring me down.
Till i reach the highest ground.
(spoken) ‘cause me ‘n’ stevie, see, we’re gonna be a sailin’ on the funky sound
Till i reach the highest ground.
(spoken) bustin’ out, an i’ll break you out, ‘cause i’m sailin’ on.
Till i reach the highest ground
(spoken)just, uh, sailin’ on sailin’ on the higher ground
Till i reach the highest ground

Higher Ground (Letra)

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This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the higher ground album, and has also been released on the john denver collection – rocky mountain high album.

There are those who can live
With the things they don’t believe in
They are giving up their lives
For something that is less than it can be

Some have longed for a home
In a place of inspiration
Some will find the emptiness inside
By giving it all for the things that they believe
They believe

Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s juat the freedom that i’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know i’ll be reaching for higher ground

I will stand on my own
I will live up to the vision
I will trust in what i feel
I’d follow my heart until it brings me home
Brings me home

Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s juat the freedom that i’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know i’ll be reaching for higher ground

Keep me through the night
Lead me to the light
Teach me the magic of wonder
Give me the spirit to fly

Maybe it’s just a dream in me
Maybe it’s just my style
Maybe it’s juat the freedom that i’ve found
Given the possibility
Of living up to the dream in me
You know i’ll be reaching for higher ground

Music by john denver and lee holdridge, words by john denver and joe henry