Gettin' By, High and Strange

New York City was a stich in time when I stood all I could of LA Patchin' up the pieces of my tangled mind diggin' somethin' different every day yeah Soon as I was better I was movin' on gettin' it together gettin' good and gone And by (gettin' by) high (good and high) and strange (gonna get some strange) New ain't nothin' but a state of mind Keeps a man from missin' what he left behind I'll take anything that I can find anyhow anywhere anyway anytime I'll keep livin' till the day I die as long as I can get it up for one more try Gettin' by (gettin' by) high (good and high) and strange (gonna get some strange) [ Guitar ] New ain't nothin' but a state of mind... (Gettin' by good and high) and strange (gonna get some strange)