Jason Robert Brown
Higher Love
[ENSEMBLE]
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump

[ROY]
When the King passed on in '77
I was only eight years old
But I knew like a flash, like a bolt of lightning
That his story must be told
So I traded my dog for an old guitar
And I taught myself how to sing
And from that day to this I have lived my life
In the service of the King

[ENSEMBLE]
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump

[ROY]
I curled my lip, I learned to shake my hip
I bought a Nudie suit all in white
But I felt in my gut, in my bones, in my heart
That something just wasn't right
So I got on my knees
I said "Elvis, please"
You gotta tell me what to do
And a light shone down and heavenly voice said
"Roy I'm talking to you"
He said
Love is never easy, Roy
Love is never clear
Love requires faith, my boy
Conquer all your fears
Go beyond your vision, Roy
Look into the sky
Take a chance
And take that leap
And fly, fly, fly
Until you feel that

[ROY + ENSEMBLE]
Higher love

[ROY]
I'm talking about a higher love
You can get all the riches
You've been dreamin' of
But you won't know what you're missing
If you don't know how to listen for the

[ROY + ENSEMBLE]
Higher love

[ROY]
A hunk, a hunk of higher love
I said I've got the word from the King above
That a man ain't a man if he can't feel the higher love
[ENSEMBLE]
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump

[SOLOIST]
I'm looking for a higher love

[ROY]
I'm talking about a higher love

[SOLOIST]
Sometimes a guy needs a gentle shove
But you don't get something
If you can't start jumpin' for a

[ROY + ENSEMBLE]
Higher love

[ROY]
A hunk of, hunk of higher love, yeah

[SOLOIST]
You can knock boots with Catherine Deneuve
[ROY + SOLOIST]
But you won't be a man
If you can't feel the higher love

[ENSEMBLE]
Lift me up, lift me up higher
Lift me up, lift me up higher
Lift me up, lift me up higher
Lift me up, lift me up higher
Lift me up, lift me up higher
Lift me up, lift me up higher
Lift me up, lift me up higher

[ROY]
Love is not convenient, Jack
Kiss your fears goodbye
Get up off your butt my friend
And fly, fly, fly
You gotta feel that

[ROY + ENSEMBLE]
Higher love
I'm talking about a higher love
I tell you it's a
Higher love
A hunk of, hunk of higher love
Let's give a little
Higher love
I like a lick of higher love

[ROY + ENSEMBLE]
See you try and you try just as hard as you can
But you wonder why the shit keeps hittin' the fan
Because a man, ain't a man, ain't a man
Ain't a man, ain't a man
Without the higher love

[ENSEMBLE]
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump
Jump, jump, jumpity, jump

[ROY]
Huh!