Ashford & Simpson - High-Rise Lyrics
I knew her wellWe suffered through the good and the bad timesBelieved above elseShe was mineBut she said that it couldn't last foreverRunnin' 'cross the bridge she saidNo, boy, oh, noI won't be comin' back againI've got better things to doI'm gonna miss you, oh...She wanna live in a high-riseWay up on the east sideA city, ho...In high society {Ho, ho}She wanna live in a high-riseWay up on the east sideA cityWhere she can forget about me, oohI remember the momentShe took me through it in the pourin' rainSaid there's somethin' all the love in the worldAin't gon' changeAnd as we ran for shelter under the oak treeShe suddenly turned to me and saidNo, boy, oh, noWe've pretended long enoughNow the time is almost hereI won't leave no tears {No}, no tearsShe wanna live in a high-riseWay up on the east sideA city (Ho, yeah)In high society {Oh, please don't go} (Ooh)She wanna live in a high-riseWay up on the east sideA city, heyWhere she can forget about me, oohSaid she's got to find a way to get up there (Woo)Said she hasn? t really made it yet to you up thereI won't be comin' back again {Baby}I've got better things to do {Please}I'm gonna miss you, miss you, ooh {Oh...}She wanna live in a high-riseWay up on the east sideA city (City) ho, yeahHigh society {Oh, please don't go}She wanna live in a high-riseWay up on the east sideA city (City) ho, babyWhere she can forget about me (Oh, oh)She wanna live in a high-riseWay up on the east side