Sittin' in a room 'bout only 10 x 12,
*Around some incense and a candle,
The room become a blue-grey haze, now ain't it a stone groove?
*Until you do what they're hip to...
(Social lubrication to get high,
Social lubrication laugh inside.
Everyone's got their own way,
Everyone's got their own way.)
They got their own way.
Dad got his c***tail, Mom to the beauty parlor,
Down to the store-fetch that c***tail
Gettin' ready for the party, now ain't it a stone groove?
*Until you do what they're hip to...
(Social lubrication to get high,
Social lubrication to laugh inside.
Everyone's got their own way,
Everyone's got their own way.)
They got their own way.
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
People they go to jail(To get high)
Some people they watch TV, yeah, (To laugh inside)
Some people they pop them pills, yeah, (To get into the action set)
Some people have to pay them bills, yeah, (To be happy with themselves)
Some people drink at the local bar, (An honorable institution)
Some people are happy just readin' them books, yeah, (To get their satisfaction)
What people got to understand,
That everybody's got his own way to get high,
(Which way is better) Oh yeah!
I spent the day with my old man in jail,
___________
Who want to be mellow, their only plan being
___________
(Social lubrication to get high,
Social lubrication to laugh inside.
Everyone's got their own way,
Everyone's got their own way.)
They got their own way.
(Everyone's got their own way) To get high,
(Everyone's got their own way) To feel good inside,
(Everyone's got their own way) They got their own way,
(Everyone's got their own way) To get high,
(Everyone's got their own way) Got their own way,
(Everyone's got their own way) They got their own way.
(Everyone's got their own way)
RUFUS MILLER SCAT:
Everybody's got their own way to get high,
To get your own way, to feel good inside,
They're droppin' them pills, yeah, gettin' to the action set,
They're payin' them bills, yeah, to be happy with their selves,
They got their own way, yeah, to get high,
Get your own way, feel good inside,
They're goin' to church, yeah, to get high,
They're watchin' TV, yeah, yeah, to laugh inside,
They're drinkin' at the local bar, honorable institution,
Yeah, they're readin', readin', readin' them books, yeah, get some satisfaction,
You got your own way, you get your own way,
Now which way is better, yeah, to get high?
Ooh, they're goin' to church to get high,
They're watchin' TV, yeah, to laugh inside,
Yeah, they're poppin' them pills, gettin' to the action set,
You're payin' your bills, yeah, to be happy with yourself,
Yeah, which way is better, yeah, which way is better,
Yeah, you got your own way, yeah, to get high.
*Around some incense and a candle,
The room become a blue-grey haze, now ain't it a stone groove?
*Until you do what they're hip to...
(Social lubrication to get high,
Social lubrication laugh inside.
Everyone's got their own way,
Everyone's got their own way.)
They got their own way.
Dad got his c***tail, Mom to the beauty parlor,
Down to the store-fetch that c***tail
Gettin' ready for the party, now ain't it a stone groove?
*Until you do what they're hip to...
(Social lubrication to get high,
Social lubrication to laugh inside.
Everyone's got their own way,
Everyone's got their own way.)
They got their own way.
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
People they go to jail(To get high)
Some people they watch TV, yeah, (To laugh inside)
Some people they pop them pills, yeah, (To get into the action set)
Some people have to pay them bills, yeah, (To be happy with themselves)
Some people drink at the local bar, (An honorable institution)
Some people are happy just readin' them books, yeah, (To get their satisfaction)
What people got to understand,
That everybody's got his own way to get high,
(Which way is better) Oh yeah!
I spent the day with my old man in jail,
___________
Who want to be mellow, their only plan being
___________
(Social lubrication to get high,
Social lubrication to laugh inside.
Everyone's got their own way,
Everyone's got their own way.)
They got their own way.
(Everyone's got their own way) To get high,
(Everyone's got their own way) To feel good inside,
(Everyone's got their own way) They got their own way,
(Everyone's got their own way) To get high,
(Everyone's got their own way) Got their own way,
(Everyone's got their own way) They got their own way.
(Everyone's got their own way)
RUFUS MILLER SCAT:
Everybody's got their own way to get high,
To get your own way, to feel good inside,
They're droppin' them pills, yeah, gettin' to the action set,
They're payin' them bills, yeah, to be happy with their selves,
They got their own way, yeah, to get high,
Get your own way, feel good inside,
They're goin' to church, yeah, to get high,
They're watchin' TV, yeah, yeah, to laugh inside,
They're drinkin' at the local bar, honorable institution,
Yeah, they're readin', readin', readin' them books, yeah, get some satisfaction,
You got your own way, you get your own way,
Now which way is better, yeah, to get high?
Ooh, they're goin' to church to get high,
They're watchin' TV, yeah, to laugh inside,
Yeah, they're poppin' them pills, gettin' to the action set,
You're payin' your bills, yeah, to be happy with yourself,
Yeah, which way is better, yeah, which way is better,
Yeah, you got your own way, yeah, to get high.