[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 a 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?

[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 happend to old Louis?
Keep on pushing, 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?