And Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers has nothing to do with drugs either...

The Colorado General Assembly wants to be quite clear on this point: When the singer-songwriter John Denver praised the joys of Colorado and sang about "friends around the campfire, and everybody’s high," in 1972, he was not referring to illicit drugs. Definitely not. Don't even think it. The high in question, lawmakers say, is really about nature and the great outdoors - the tingly feeling you get after a nice hike, perhaps.

"A high is medically the releasing of endorphins in the brain - yes, drugs cause it, but so do lots of other things," said State Senator Bob Hagedorn, a Democrat from the suburbs of Denver who successfully led the drive on Monday to make Mr. Denver’s anthem "Rocky Mountain High" Colorado's second state song. The tune will have joint status with "Where the Columbines Grow," which pretty much everyone agrees is about flowers.

Well, I'm glad we got that straight.  But I'm curious how they determined this.  Do they have a telephone line to the after life where they can speak to John Denver... and if so... are they having conversations with anyone else who has passed on?

Via Reason.