C# D# G#
Standing on the edge of someone’s shadow
G# Fm C# D#
I put my hands above my head
G# Fm C# D#
But I got several mannequins in my bed
C# D#
So what do I do? (take the high road)
C# D#
Teenage alien blues (take the high road)
Oh, no, no
C# D# Fm
Can’t stand the truth
B(single note)
C#
F - - -0-2-
C -1-3- - -
G# Fm C# D#
I threw my mind out in the garbage yesterday
G# Fm C# D#
Whether I’m on drugs or not, I’m brain dead, either way
C# D#
So what do I do? (take the high road)
C# D#
See you making out (take the high road)
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
C# D# Fm
Can’t stand the high road, baby
C# D# Fm
If you want some of my love, darlin’
C# D# Fm
You can walk to my house, babe
G F G C# x4
G F G C#
I will stand up for my rights
G F G C#
From Jesus Jones and all his parasites
G F G C#
They’re doing testings on mice
G F G C#
In a psychedelic chromosome device
G F G C#
I will stand up in my mind
G F A# C
And tear your heart right down
(Guitar comes in)
G F G C# G F A# C
G F G C#
The current state of our minds
G F G C#
In six or seven years won’t matter
G F G C#
I will stand up in my mind
G F A# C
And tear your heart right down
G F G C#
G F A# C
And recognize the future is now
G F G C#
G F A# C
G F G C# x4
D#
Oh, but it gets so hard
G# Gm Fm
With both feet on the ground
D#
I could make you my own
G# Gm Fm
But now you’re down
D#
And make you my own
G# Gm A#
But now you’re down
A#
Now I’ve got a sweetie
G#
Who knows just how to treat me
D# G#
But everyone’s talkin’ ‘bout haircuts
D# G#
No, no, everyone’s talkin’ ‘bout Jesus Jones
A# G# A# G# xAlot
C# Fm C xAlot