He was my best friend, I tried to help him
But he traded everything for suffering
And found himself alone
I watched the lying, turn into hiding
With scars on both his lips, his fingertips
Were melted to the bone
But I can still remember
What his face looked like
When I found him in an alley
In the middle of the night
Tell me what you know
Tell me what you gone and done now
Tell me what you know
Tell me what you gone and done now
Gonna do the trick, get it over with
You're better off to take all that
You've got and burn it on the spot
Just to get high
Three days no sleeping, he gave up eating
He sold his mother's rings, she said nothing
And pretended not to know
He started stealing to supply the feeling
Found out he pulled a knife on someone's wife
And held it to her throat
But I can still remember
What his face looked like
When I found him in an alley
[ From: http://www.metrolyrics.com/just-to-get-high-lyrics-nickelback.html ]
In the middle of the night
Tell me what you know
Tell me what you gone and done now
Tell me what you know
Tell me what you gone and done now
Gonna do the trick, get it over with
You're better off to take all that
You've got and burn it on the spot
Just to get high
Tell me what you did, where you gone and hid?
Show me what you really want, was it what you got?
Slowly circle in the drain, throw it all away
Just to get high, high, high, oh
Tell me what you know
Tell me what you gone and done now
Tell me what you know
Tell me what you gone and done now
Gonna do the trick, get it over with
You're better off to take all that
You've got and burn it on the spot
Just to get high
Tell me what did, where you gone and hid?
Show me what you really want, was it what you got?
Slowly circle in the drain, throw it all away
Just to get high, just to get high
Circle in the drain, throw it all away
Just to get high
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Diesel Baby
This song reminds me of mine and my boyfriends close friend. Steven Travis no matter where you are we love you hun.. )=
mia contigo
Nickelback coming soon to africa
mia contigo
OmG!!!awesome
fascinating Ali
what a song!
Katboo
love this song but a few of the lyrics are wrong. it's gun'll do the trick get it over with. And is it what you really want watching all you got slowly circling the drain. It says so in the lyrics that come with the CD.
wats up?
im guessing heroine... he watched his bestfriends life go down hill and he found his friend dead in an alley....
thousandbrokenhearts
They're talking about meth (maybe **** but I doubt it). You smoke meth out of a gl**** pipe which gets really hot and can burn your finger tips and lips and also there is another burning reference. And they're also talking about him not eating and not sleeping. That is the opposite of what happens on marijuana or heroin.
hammer1962
No, it was pot. Scars on the lips and melted fingertips come from joints. Pot joints. And the guy can't have been dead cause the songwriter was asking him questions.
angelofthewest
great song and very meaningful... nickelback r the best! But what I don't get is what **** they are actually talking about?
hammer1962
They are talking about ****s and what they do to you.
silverbyblue
Correction: begining of the chorus: "Gun would do the trick, get it over with"
kitkat576
yeah, i think you're right
earlystar
Also, I'm not %100 sure, but I believe it isn't "Show me what you really want, was it what you got?", but rather "Show me 's what you really want, watching what you've got, slowly circling the drain"...
crazy_Croat
Nickelback rules!!!! If only they could come to Croatia...
telmer6
So meaningful... Beautiful but terrible!
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