High Cost of Living Jamey Johnson
I was just a normal guy
Life was just a nine to five
With bills and pressure
Piled up to the[G] sky
She never asked
She knew Id been
Hanging with my wilder friends
Looking for some other way to[C] fly
Three days straight was no big feat
To get by on no food or sleep
And [F]crazy was b[C]ecoming my new [Dm]norm
Id pa[C]ss out on the bedroom floor
And sle[G]ep right through the calm before the [C]storm
(Chorus 1)
My l[F]ife was just an old routine
Ev[G]eryday the same damn thing
I cou[C]ldnt even [Bb]tell I was al[F]ive
I tell you the[C] high cost of living
Aint n[G]othing like the cost of living h[C]igh
(Verse 2)
That southern baptist parking lot
Was where Id go to smoke my pot
And sit there in my pickup truck and pray
Staring at that giant cross
Just reminded me that I was lost
And it just never seemed to point the way
As soon as Jesus turned his back
Id find my way across the track
Looking just to score another deal
With my back against that damn eight ball
I didnt have to think or talk or feel
(Chorus 2)
My life was just an old routine
Everyday the same damn thing
I couldnt even tell I was alive
I tell you the high cost of living
Aint nothing like the cost of living high
(Verse 3)
My whole life went through my head
Laying in the motel bed
Watching as the cops kicked in the door
I had a job and a piece of land
My sweet wife was my best friend
But I traded that for cocaine and a w***e
My new found sobriety
I got the time to sit and think
Of all the things I had and threw away
This prison is much colder than
That one that I was locked up in just yesterday
(Chorus 3)
My life is just an old routine
Everyday the same damn thing
Hell I cant even tell if Im alive
I tell you the high cost of living
Aint nothing like the cost of living high
I tell you the high cost of living
And nothing like the cost of living high
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