Ups and Downs (Original Version 1978)

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