Ups and Downs (Original Version 1978)
The Village People"Ups and Downs (Original Version 1978)" is a song by The Village People, released in 1978 in the Pop genre. The song is 6:14 long and contains 111 lines and 718 words.
Lyrics
0:00Ups and Downs - Village People
0:18I gotta story for you
0:20I just don't know what to do
0:22You see I'm hung up on pills
0:24I take them for my cheap thrills
0:26I take pills all day and night
0:28To try and make things all right
0:30I take them when I feel down
0:32And wanna fly
0:34I wish I could end this trip
0:35I have begun to like it
0:37But truth is pills are not cool
0:39I'd just be playing the fool
0:41I know that reality
0:43Is far away now from me
0:45I wish I could find my way
0:47Back to the ground
0:49It's not around
0:51It can't be found
0:55I take my ups ups ups and downs
0:59I take my ups ups ups and downs
1:03I wish this madness would end
1:05Where did this pill trip begin
1:07I take my ups ups ups and downs
1:11I take my ups ups ups and downs
1:15I take my ups ups ups and downs
1:19They're either red or they're blue
1:20I take the white and orange too
1:22I take my ups ups ups and downs
1:27I just don't know what to do oh no
1:35I feel so un-for real oh yes
1:42I wish that I could end this trip
1:50I just can't take no more
1:57Take no more no no
2:02No more
2:05I take pills when I wake up
2:07To get me out of my bed
2:09I take pills when I go dance
2:11To concentrate on the steps
2:13I take pills when I go home
2:15To help me fall fast asleep
2:17I take pills when I work out
2:19To reach my peak
2:21Sometimes I feel very strange
2:23Sometimes I forget my name
2:24I can't remember the time
2:26When real thoughts went through my mind
2:28I need to throw all these pills
2:30I have been popping away
2:32I need to throw them away
2:34Right now today
2:36Right now today
2:38Yes right away
2:42I take my ups ups ups and downs
2:46I take my ups ups ups and downs
2:50Where did this pill trip begin
2:52I wish this madness would end
2:54I take my ups ups ups and downs
2:58I take my ups ups ups and downs
3:02I take my ups ups ups and downs
3:06They're either red or they're blue
3:08I take the white and orange too
3:10I take my ups ups ups and downs
3:14I said that I would quit today
3:22I said that I would throw away
3:30All the pills that I had you see
3:37I want to be free
3:43I wanna be free
3:46I just want to be free
3:52I want to be free yeah
3:57Sometimes sometimes sometimes I don't even know my name
4:05Sometimes sometimes sometimes I feel oh so strange
4:13I take an up in the morning
4:16I take me a down late at night
4:20I take me a up early in the evening
4:24I take me a down to make me feel all right
4:47So now that you've heard my tale
4:49I hope that you'll wish me well
4:50I hope that you'll understand
4:52I'm doing all that I can
4:54To make this nightmare I've got
4:56You know it takes a strong will
4:58But I can do it real soon
5:00I hope I will
5:02Life has it's own ups and downs
5:04They keep my head spinning round
5:06Life has it's own ups and downs
5:08When there are no pills around
5:10So tell me why do I need
5:12To keep on taking these pills
5:14They've got me so that I feel
5:15So un-for real
5:18I think I'm ill
5:19I need a pill
5:23I take my ups ups ups and downs
5:27I take my ups ups ups and downs
5:31I wish this madness would end
5:33Where did this pill trip begin
5:35I take my ups ups ups and downs
5:39I take my ups ups ups and downs
5:43I take my ups ups ups and downs
5:47They're either red or they're blue
5:49I take the white and orange too
5:51I take my ups ups ups and downs
5:54I take my ups ups ups and downs
5:58I take my ups ups ups and downs
6:02Where did this pill trip begin
6:04I wish this madness would end
6:06I take my ups ups ups and downs
6:10I take my ups ups ups and downs
6:14I take my ups ups ups and downs
Ups and Downs - Village People I gotta story for you I just don't know what to do You see I'm hung up on pills I take them for my cheap thrills I take pills all day and night To try and make things all right I take them when I feel down And wanna fly I wish I could end this trip I have begun to like it But truth is pills are not cool I'd just be playing the fool I know that reality Is far away now from me I wish I could find my way Back to the ground It's not around It can't be found I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs I wish this madness would end Where did this pill trip begin I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs They're either red or they're blue I take the white and orange too I take my ups ups ups and downs I just don't know what to do oh no I feel so un-for real oh yes I wish that I could end this trip I just can't take no more Take no more no no No more I take pills when I wake up To get me out of my bed I take pills when I go dance To concentrate on the steps I take pills when I go home To help me fall fast asleep I take pills when I work out To reach my peak Sometimes I feel very strange Sometimes I forget my name I can't remember the time When real thoughts went through my mind I need to throw all these pills I have been popping away I need to throw them away Right now today Right now today Yes right away I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs Where did this pill trip begin I wish this madness would end I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs They're either red or they're blue I take the white and orange too I take my ups ups ups and downs I said that I would quit today I said that I would throw away All the pills that I had you see I want to be free I wanna be free I just want to be free I want to be free yeah Sometimes sometimes sometimes I don't even know my name Sometimes sometimes sometimes I feel oh so strange I take an up in the morning I take me a down late at night I take me a up early in the evening I take me a down to make me feel all right So now that you've heard my tale I hope that you'll wish me well I hope that you'll understand I'm doing all that I can To make this nightmare I've got You know it takes a strong will But I can do it real soon I hope I will Life has it's own ups and downs They keep my head spinning round Life has it's own ups and downs When there are no pills around So tell me why do I need To keep on taking these pills They've got me so that I feel So un-for real I think I'm ill I need a pill I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs I wish this madness would end Where did this pill trip begin I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs They're either red or they're blue I take the white and orange too I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs Where did this pill trip begin I wish this madness would end I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs I take my ups ups ups and downs
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