Higher Ground

Jerry Jeff Walker
 Last night I was dreaming I laying drowning in a stream
 But in the light of day I see it's much more than a dream
 Life is like a river that carries you on down
 It's time we make like we was making tracks for higher ground
 I'm always taking chances and got me by on luck
 One a few and lost a few, oh had to suck it up
 But I see where it's leading me, I've got to turn around
 Today's the day I thought of making tracks for higher ground
 For higher ground, (higher ground), higher ground, (higher ground)
 You ain't going nowhere when you're always falling down
 So get off on a good foot and stop stumbling around
 Man I'm off and running making tracks for higher ground
 Yeah, I had a friend who said he'd love to drink and run around
 Wasn't anyway old mercy'd put that bottle down
 Well I just heard the other day they laid him in the ground
 One way or the other brother we're bound for higher ground
 For higher ground, (higher ground), higher ground, (higher ground)
 You ain't going nowhere when you're always falling down
 You got to pick your head up, keep your mind and body sound
 Man I'm off and running making tracks for higher ground
 The moral of my story is the fool he never think
 And all around you life says you must change every day
 Throw off those old shackles and get up and dance around
 Today's the day we're roping, making tracks for higher ground
 For higher ground, (higher ground), higher ground, (higher ground)
 You ain't going nowhere when you're always falling down
 Get off on the good foot and stop stumbling around
 Man we're off and running making tracks for higher ground
 For higher ground, (higher ground), higher ground, (higher ground)
 You ain't going nowhere when you're always falling down
 Get up on the good foot and stop stumbling around
 Man we're off and running making tracks for higher ground
 Up and running babe for higher ground, for higher ground baby
 Up and running up for higher ground, don't let me down boys
 We're all running up to higher ground