We gotta get to a higher place And we gotta leave by night Before that river takes us down We gotta find somewhere that's dry We gotta run like we've never run Or we're gonna lose the light If we don't get to a higher place and find somebody Can help somebody, might be nobody no more Well, I fool myself and I don't know why I thought we could ride this out I was up all night making up my mind But now I've got my doubts I got my eye on the waterline Trying to keep my sense of humor But if we don't get to a higher place and find somebody Can help somebody, might be nobody no more We gotta get to a higher place And I hope we all arrive together We gotta get to a higher place If we want to survive the weather I remember walking with her in town Her hair was in the wind I gave her my best kiss She gave it back again And when I add up what I've left behind I don't want to lose no more But if we don't get to a higher place and find somebody Can help somebody, might be nobody no more

Now there a place that's blessed, Where we find happiness, A place a savidrest A higher place of praise, praise We lift our hands and we learn to dance and sings we've got the notion, then where going through the motions, Now tell me really, it that victory, tell me But theres I found and, it's a much higher mountain, it wakes me early morning, and I know it's zion calling, me into worship to give me live daily, daily. Now mmm nice, not the noise When times have come or stop, My sprit my sole and my flesh needs this place of praise, praise (Chorus) Now there a place that's blessed, Where we find happiness, A place a savidrest A higher place of praise Now heres the story, no flesh and glory It is awsome presence, it's his holy name we revrense, this place is precous, powerful and pure, so pure Now mmm nice, not the noise When times have come or stop, My sprit my sole and my flesh needs this place of praise, praise, praise (Chorus) Now there a place that's blessed, Where we find happiness, A place a savidrest A higher place of praise Now there a place that's blessed, Where we find happiness, A place a savidrest A higher place of praise, praise, praise A higher place, a higher place I've found, I've found it, takes me to higher ground, the brightness of your face, the brightness of your face, gives me a praise, I wonna go higher, higher, higher, higher, higher I wonna go home, I wonna go higher, the brightness of your face, give me a higher praise, a higher place I've found, a higher place I've found, so glad I found it, takes me to higher ground, the brightness of your face, gives me a higher praise, higher praise, higher, I wonna go home

In the later forties When Diddy Levine lived with Eunice King He gave her the ring that she wore Janice the smiling daughter Who came from a marriage way before But Eunice was the father that she always saw Though they never never never never told her She always knew the score You see kids were so much wiser after the wars But Diddy hadn't have enough She had to get some more On a ration piece of paper, she wrote "Eunice, I'm not sure" And with her child in her arms She went looking for a fling Besides, she didn't like the name Mrs. King The first time that she heard Damper Dan Was on the radio Crooning at a volume that was way, way down low Diddy was surprised to hear that Damper's name was Dan Soon after he was a calling And he asked, begged and pleaded for her hand Damper's heart was dampened When Diddy answered "no, no, no, no, no" But if she changed her mind, she said "Dan, I'll let you know" With her child in her arms She went looking for man Besides, she didn't like the name Damper Dan Janice the smiling daughter grew up to be a teenage queen Through all of her mother's lovers She kept the name Levine Behind the picture house she first made her scene With a boy called Allister Who was dating a friend called Celine And Celine wasn't mad when Janice came in between But Allister got scared when he heard And he joined the USA Marines Inheritance, you see, runs through every family Who is to say what is to be is any better Over and over it goes, goodness and badness winds blow Over and over, over and over Over and over and over and over and over and over and over The good and the bad winds blow