It's too much, can't see
It's too much, can't breathe
It's so not for me
Way too much

And I get lonely on the high road
Everywhere that I go
Stand for nothing, fall short
But not me
But I won't give up
I'll keep giving love
Runs through my blood
I'll never give up

Yeah, yeah
When you go low, I go high, I go high, I go high
When you go low, I go high, to get by, to get by
Sometimes (sometimes, sometimes) I don't wanna be nice (nice)
But I try (but I try)
When you go low, I go high

It's all good, move on
It's all good, I'm strong
It's not what I want, what I want

And I get lonely on the high road
Everywhere that I go
Stand for nothing, fall short
But not me
But I won't give up
I'll keep giving love
Runs through my blood
I'll never give up

Yeah, yeah
When you go low, I go high, I go high, I go high
When you go low, I go high, to get by, to get by
Sometimes (sometimes, sometimes) I don't wanna be nice (nice)
But I try (but I try)
When you go low, I go high

High is the point that I see
High is the kite with no strings
High is where I have to be
When you go low, I go high, just to breathe
High is the smoke that you'll blow
High is where you think I can't go
High is the only road
When you go low, I go high, just to breathe

When you go low, I go high (high, high, high)
High
When you go low, I go high, to get by, to get by
When you go low, I go high (high, high, high)
High
When you go low, I go high, to get by, to get by, to get by

But I won't give up (I won't give up)
I'll keep giving love
Runs through my blood (it runs through my blood)
I'll never give up (I'll never give up, never give up)
Never give up, yeah yeah

Yeah, yeah
When you go low, I go high, I go high, I go high
When you go low, I go high, to get by (to get by) to get by
Sometimes (sometimes, sometimes) I don't wanna be nice (nice)
But I try (but I try)
When you go low, I go high


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Go High Lyrics as written by Kelly Clarkson Jesse Shatkin

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    this is definitely a great song, it's like getting ahead in life and calculating everyone's moves!

    sydneyownon July 05, 2006   Link

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