Some people take Heroin some people take mud some people get high on life other people give up some people get a line on hate make you wonder what they're thinking of some people realize too late that all you really need is love There's a place in my head that's already dead and there's another that's just starting up and there's the bit in the middle that's all soft and confused just looking for a little love Some people give some people take Some people talk of mean machines some people talk of getting out chasing dreams from the cradle to the grave is all they ever think about some people live their lives on trial for crimes they didn't commit other people just take what they want and always get away with it Some people take your money some people steal your heart some people let the fates decide some people let no pleasures be denied Some people say the end is nigh it's written there for us to learn the righteous will be taken from their Cadillacs and the rest of us sinners will burn some people see heaven on earth in the moon and the stars above some people stay up all night they just never seem to get enough Some people let it all drift by some people say look at me some people say I'm the one some people hide their lives away