DON’T NEED NO DRUGS
Written while watching Sutton Foster, Live from Lincoln Centre,
singing John Denver’s Sunshine Almost Always Makes Me High
Don’t need no drugs
’Cause you being here gives me a high
Don’t need artificial stimulants
’Cause when you smile, I’m high
The trees in the forest
The moon in the sky
A walk in the park
Always gives me a high
Time with my pet
Time reciting poems
Time on a picnic with a friend
These things give me such a high
Don’t need no drug
Don’t have to take a pill
No need to shoot up to get high
No need to snort a line
’Cause I am feelin’ just fine
Just being alive gives me
Such a natural high
Oh, sure, I get downright blue sometimes
And sometimes I get a little sad
But then I take a deep, deep breath
And I remember … your smile
And I accept this, this is normal
And I know the blues will pass
Before I draw another breath.
For life is all a kind of a natural high
And I don’t need no damn drugs to get me high!
Cause I’m just high on life
H.W. Bryce
…for people touched with Alzheimer’s, hang on to the natural highs, you can feel the natural highs and lows in Chasing a Butterfly:
https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Butterfly-H-W-B…/…/1460299345
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