[Verse 1]

They say it's getting harder

Harder every day

More that we got to make now

It's more than we got to pay

Something here ain't as it seems

How come we're dreaming someone else's dreams?

Say the grass is greener but it ain't that green

Here come the firefighters with the gasoline

[Chorus]

How come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

How come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

Well, I don't know what we've been sold

But I think I heard this story long time ago

How come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

[Verse 2]

Game is tooth for tooth now

But I say an eye for an eye

And I keep one eye open

For everything passing by

They say they know not what they do

But I think they do what I'm telling you

Change the range and the numbers too

Gotta get higher than we used to do

[Chorus]

Well, how come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

How come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

Well, I don't know what we've been sold

But I think I heard this story long time ago

How come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

Better switch gears just for fear

Of everything breaking down

They say heavy is the head that wears the crown

Seventeen and ninety-three

Did you hear what happened to old Louis?

Keep on pushing and maybe you'll see

Give my regards to the monarchy

[Chorus]

Well, how come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

How come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?

Well, I don't know what we've been sold

But I think I heard this story long time ago

How come we gotta take a bigger hit

Just to get half as high?