Songwriter: Ray Sawyer Dennis Locorriere
Producer: Ron Haffkine
[Verse 1]
She left without warning me of where or when she'd go
She'd never knew the way my love would grow
Now broken glass is on the floor, each piece reflects her face
I need the high but I can't stand the taste
[Chorus]
I need the high to keep me from losing my mind
I hope I can get by, it happens every time
And I wonder where she goes to find the one who'll take my place
I need the high but I can't stand the taste
[Verse 2]
She told me that my sweet love was hard to be without
But the sweetness turned to bitter in my mouth
And the bottle's all I've got to hold, but it won't say goodbye
I can't stand this taste but Lord I need the high
[Chorus]
I need the high to keep me from losing my mind
I hope I can get by, it happens every time
And I wonder where she goes to find the one who'll take my place
I need the high but I can't stand this taste
[Outro]
I need the high but I can't stand the taste
She left without warning me of where or when she'd go
She'd never knew the way my love would grow
Now broken glass is on the floor, each piece reflects her face
I need the high but I can't stand the taste
[Chorus]
I need the high to keep me from losing my mind
I hope I can get by, it happens every time
And I wonder where she goes to find the one who'll take my place
I need the high but I can't stand the taste
[Verse 2]
She told me that my sweet love was hard to be without
But the sweetness turned to bitter in my mouth
And the bottle's all I've got to hold, but it won't say goodbye
I can't stand this taste but Lord I need the high
[Chorus]
I need the high to keep me from losing my mind
I hope I can get by, it happens every time
And I wonder where she goes to find the one who'll take my place
I need the high but I can't stand this taste
[Outro]
I need the high but I can't stand the taste
more tracks from the album
Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook
- Here Comes The Blues Again
- Sweetest of All
- Everybody Loves Me
- I Don’t Feel Much Like Smilin’
- If Not You
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon
- The Radio
- Lonely Man
- Better Love Next Time
- Stuck on the Wrong Side of Love
- Love Monster
- Jungle to the Zoo
- I Gave Her Comfort
- What About You
- Stagolee
- Everybody’s Making It Big But Me
- You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance
- What Do You Want?
- Clyde
- Making Love and Music
- Levitate
- There’s a Light
- Storms Never Last
- I Never Got to Know Her
- Years From Now
- Sylvia’s Mother
- I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight
- Girls Can Get It
- A Couple More Years
- Pleasure and Pain
- The Millionaire
- I’ve Been Him
- Bread Upon the Water
- I Got Stoned and I Missed It
- Rings of Grass
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Knowing She’s There
- Sleeping Late
- In Over My Head
- You Can’t Take It With You
- Walking My Cat Named Dog
- Lay Too Low Too Long
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Only Sixteen
- I Need the High (But I Can’t Stand the Taste)
- I’m a Lamb
- More Like the Movies
- Cooky and Lila
- Oh! Jesse
- Sharing the Night Together
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Walk Right In
- A Little Bit More
- Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
- Feels Good
- That Plane
- Sexy Eyes
- The Shadow Knows
- Mountain Mary
- Carry Me, Carrie
From the albums
- A Little Bit More (1976)
- Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook (1996)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Ballad Of....
- Come On In
- Hold Me Like You Never Had Me
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Rings
- Oh! Jesse
- Cooky and Lila
- Happy Ever After Love
- Angela’s Eyes
- I’ve Been Him
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- The Millionaire
- When She Cries
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- Before the Tears
- Pleasure and Pain