friend of mine friend of mine told me about a girl that i left behind said she was living on her own and i said she needed to go home so i tried to find tried to find but she s elusive at the best of times best of times i tried to get inside her head i tried to think of what i said yeah i was looking through the cold dark nights but there was nothing to find i asked a stranger if he knew your name said you nearly lost your mind looking for the high life cause it s over now said that you could see it in her eyes looking for the high life wasn t working out but she ll be looking for the rest of her life there she goes there she goes it s too late but i should have told should have told that she don t need to be like them to be loved in the end so she went off into the cold dark night but there was nothing find i should have held close for one last time so she wouldn t lose her mind  looking for the high life cause it s over now said that you could see it in her eyes looking for the high life wasn t working out but she ll be looking for the rest of her life looking for the high life cause it s over now said that you could see it in her eyes looking for the high life wasn t working out but she ll be looking for the rest of her life yeah she ll be looking for the rest of her life said she ll be looking for the rest of her life her life