I think I'm tryin' too hard, wish I didn't have to try 
so hardI wish it came to me like air, without a worry 
or a care
I would have told you everything and like a bell my 
voice would ring
and in the echo you would hear the mutter of one 
thousand fears
I've become taken with the high road
no I can't reap a thing I sew
I'll build a bridge or I'll just swim it
I will in a New York minute
he pushed her down on her luck
and why would she leave, she's already down
and how could she leave him now, finally agreed to 
settle down

she could have said just what she meant and dear dawn 
do never relent
it seems so easy to forget, you don't have to live with 
regret
I've become taken with the high road
no I can't reap a thing I sew
I'll build a bridge or I'll just swim it
I will in a New York minute
how did you go so far without your heart, I know it's 
hard
but you gotta do your part, I'm through with short cuts
I've become taken with the high road
no I can't reap a thing I sew
I'll build a bridge or I'll just swim it, I will
in a New York minute