| 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 | 
| Can’t 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 madness begin? | 
| I wish this pill trip 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 orange and white 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 | 
| Woah | 
| Sometimes, sometimes | 
| Sometimes I don’t even know my name | 
| Sometimes, sometimes | 
| Sometimes I feel oh so strange | 
| I take me a 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 its own ups and downs | 
| They keep my head spinning round | 
| Life has its 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 orange and white 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 madness begin? | 
| I wish this pill trip 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… |