She's got me nervous
Talkin' a hundred miles an hour
She's more than worth it
I swear she smells just like a flower
I'd fall to pieces if I went anywhere without her
I love when she says, what's wrong with right here on the counter?

Funky little monkey, she's a twisted trickster
Everybody wants to be the sister's mister
Coca-Cola roller-coaster
Love her even though I'm not supposed to

Funky little monkey, she's a twisted trickster
Everybody wants to be the sister's mister
Coca-Cola roller-coaster
Love her even though I'm not supposed to

She keeps me up (I keep you up)
She keeps me up (I keep you up)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)

She keeps me up (I keep you up)
She keeps me up (I keep you up)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)

I need her so bad
Sometimes I feel like I can taste it
This evil romance
So good I never wanna waste it
I can't trust my friends
'Cause she's what everybody chases
I know where she's been
'Cause it's on everybody's faces

Funky little monkey, she's a twisted trickster
Everybody wants to be the sister's mister
Coca-Cola roller-coaster
Love her even though I'm not supposed to

Funky little monkey, she's a twisted trickster
Everybody wants to be the sister's mister
Coca-Cola roller-coaster
Love her even though I'm not supposed to

She keeps me up (I keep you up)
She keeps me up (I keep you up)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)

She keeps me up (I keep you up)
She keeps me up (I keep you up)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)

I never wanna have to slow down
Got to be a better way to come down
I've gotta stay awake some how

I never wanna have to slow down
Got to be a better way to come down
I've gotta stay awake some how

Funky little monkey, she's a twisted trickster
Everybody wants to be the sister's mister
Coca-Cola roller-coaster
Love her even though I'm not supposed to

Funky little monkey, she's a twisted trickster
Everybody wants to be the sister's mister
Coca-Cola roller-coaster
Love her even though I'm not supposed to

She keeps me up (I keep you up)
She keeps me up (I keep you up)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)

She keeps me up (I keep you up)
She keeps me up (I keep you up)
All night (all night)
All night (all night)


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She Keeps Me Up Lyrics as written by Jacob Kasher Hindlin Chad Kroeger

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    My Interpretation

    Mike says that it's about heroin, but some of these lines make me doubt that ("Talking a hundred miles an hour", "She's more than worth it", "I swear she smells just like a flower", "I'd fall to pieces if I had to go anywhere without her", "I love it when she says, 'What's wrong with right here on the counter?'", "Everybody wants to be the sister's mister" make me doubt the heroin claim. The line "Love her even though I'm not supposed to" might be an allusion to heroin.

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