I Got High-Owen

[ti:I Got High] [ar:Owen] [al:L'Ami du Peuple] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Got High - Owen [00:33.02]I got high with an art teacher of mine [00:39.51] [00:41.67]I learned how to paint portraits and landscapes with perspective [00:47.51] [00:48.99]But I've been sitting here [00:50.41] [00:50.96]The better part of eighteen years [00:54.02]Blank stare blank canvas [00:55.96] [00:57.67]I'm in need of a new view [01:00.60] [01:02.07]Of some new scenery to render [01:06.21] [01:10.53]There's a boat leaving [01:14.37] [01:15.83]Where it goes I don't know [01:19.51] [01:34.17]I've been buried alive [01:35.75] [01:38.25]My history teacher by my side [01:40.75] [01:42.29]Lest I forget those mistakes that better men have made [01:47.41] [01:49.79]The battles fought and lost [01:51.52] [01:54.61]Small victories at what cost [01:56.77] [01:58.70]The curriculum is dated my inspiration fading [02:03.34] [02:05.43]A slow setting sun [02:07.39] [02:11.94]There's a boat leaving [02:15.81] [02:17.02]Where it goes well I don't know [02:20.93] [02:22.34]But if it floats I'm getting on [02:27.71] [02:29.25]With or without you [02:30.79] [02:42.38]The winds are strong enough [02:44.33] [02:47.20]Our native tongues will fail us [02:49.48] [02:51.50]Oh the pleasure I would take [02:54.10] [02:55.50]In renaming everything [02:59.47] [03:14.64]There are boats leaving [03:18.49] [03:19.83]Where they go I don't know [03:23.25] [03:24.94]But it's a chance to see something new [03:30.65] [03:33.43]Will you come with me