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How High Is High Enough
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How High is High Enough bouncing blues tunes about a real life character
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Minglewood is a musical hybrid a fourmember band with one foot steeped in the musical roots of blues and country and the other kneedeep in rock They are master
Minglewood is a musical hybrid, a four-member band with one foot steeped in the musical roots of blues and country and the other knee-deep in rock. They are masters of improv and genre bending and their constant touring has earned them the well-deserved reputation of ‘ down to earth bearers of good will and good times’.
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Genre
Rock • Southern Rock
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#34,980 today Peak #248
#893 in subgenre Peak #12
Author
Minglewood/MacDonald
Rights
SOCAN
Uploaded
May 29, 2002
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
How High is High Enough is based on a real character that a friend and I knew living in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He was basically a good guy who did most everything in life to excess. He moved to Vancouver at one point and continued to live with one foot over the edge until finally slipped and fell over.
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He was a boy from a steel town He soon had a look in his eye Not the look of a child but the wild look of fury Like an animal caught in the wire School was the streets of town His lesson he learned with his fists Not a mean man he just felt all-alone Like a wolf on a hill in a mist Fast cars, new friends and machismo Drove him away from his past Running from the law, running from himself An outlaw who lived life to fast Chorus How high is high enough How low can a body go How deep before you know When you're having too much fun Don't you know when you're on the run And you're living under the gun How high is high enough When does a man know he is alone Who does he see in the mirror Where did he go wrong and could we have helped Why does it feel he's here Maybe some day we will learn from the past From those who have gone on before That way his life will not have been a waste And the good won't die young anymore Chorus
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