Jamey Johnson - High Cost Of Living lyrics

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<br>I was just a normal guy <br>Life was just a nine to five <br>With bills and pressure <br>Piled up to the sky <br>She never asked <br>She knew I'd be <br>Hangin' with my wilder friends <br>Looking for some other way to fly <br> <br>And three days straight <br>Was no big feat <br>Could get by with no food or sleep <br>And crazy was becoming my new norm <br> <br>I'd pass out on the bedroom floor <br>And sleep right through the calm <br>Before the storm <br> <br>My life was just an old routine <br>Every day the same damn thing <br>I couldn't even tell I was alive <br> <br>I tell you <br>The high cost of livin' <br>Ain't nothing like <br>The cost of livin' high <br> <br>That southern Baptist parking lot <br>Is where I'd go to smoke my pot <br>Sit there in my pickup truck and pray <br>Staring at that giant cross <br>Just reminded me that I was lost <br>And it just never seemed <br>To point the way <br> <br>As soon as Jesus turned his back <br>I find my way across the track <br>Lookin' just to score <br>Another deal <br>With my back against that damn <br>Eight ball <br>I didn't have to think or talk <br>Or feel <br> <br>My life was just an old routine <br>Every day the same damn thing <br>I couldn't even tell I was alive <br> <br>I tell you <br>The high cost of livin' <br>Ain't nothing like <br>The cost of livin' high <br> <br>My whole life <br>Went through my head <br>Layin' in that motel bed <br>Watchin' as the cops <br>Kicked in the door <br> <br>I had a job and a piece of land <br>My sweet wife was my best friend <br>But I traded that for cocaine <br>And a whore <br> <br>With my new found sobriety <br>I've got the time to sit and think <br>Of all the things I had <br>And threw away <br> <br>This prison is much colder than <br>That one that I was locked up <br>In just yesterday <br> <br>My life is just an old routine <br>Every day the same damn thing <br>Hell I can't even tell <br>If I'm alive <br> <br>I tell you <br>The high cost of livin' <br>Ain't nothing like <br>The cost of livin' high <br> <br>I tell you <br>The high cost of livin' <br>Ain't nothing like <br>The cost of livin' high<br><!-- stopprint -->