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High Cost of Living

Jamey Johnson

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Jamey Johnson

Acoustic Guitar

Wayd Battle

Electric Guitar

Kevin "Swine" Grant

Kevin "Swine" Grant

Bass Guitar

Cowboy Eddie Long

Cowboy Eddie Long

Steel Guitar

Dave Macafee

Drums

Scott Welch

Electric Guitar

Jim Brown

Hammond Organ

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Jamey Johnson

Songwriter

James T. Slater

James T. Slater

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Beau Boggs

Assistant Recording Engineer

J.P. Barker

Assistant Recording Engineer

T.W. Cargile

Mixing Engineer

Randy Leroy

Mastering Engineer

The Kent Hardly Playboys

The Kent Hardly Playboys

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I was just a normal guy

Life was just a nine to five

With bills and pressure piled up to the sky

She never asked, she knew I'd been

Hangin' with my wilder friends

Lookin' for some other way to fly

[Verse 2]

And three days straight was no big feat

To get by on no food or sleep

And crazy was becoming my new norm

I'd pass out on the bedroom floor

And sleep right through the calm before the storm

[Verse 3]

My life was just an old routine

Every day the same damn thing

I couldn't even tell I was alive

I tell you, the high cost of living

Ain't nothin' like the cost of living high

[Verse 4]

That southern Baptist parking lot

Was where I'd go to smoke my pot

And sit there in my pickup truck and pray

And starin' at that giant cross

Just reminded me that I was lost

And it just never seemed to point the way

[Verse 5]

As soon as Jesus turned his back

I'd find my way across the track

Lookin' just to score another deal

With my back against that damn eight ball

I didn't have to think or talk or feel

[Verse 6]

And my life was just an old routine

Every day the same damn thing

I couldn't even tell I was alive

I tell you, the high cost of living

Ain't nothin' like the cost of living high

[Verse 7]

My whole life went through my head

Layin' in that motel bed

Watchin' 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 whore

[Verse 8]

With my newfound sobriety

I've 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

[Verse 9]

My life is just an old routine

Every day the same damn thing

Hell, I can't even tell if I'm alive

I tell you, the high cost of living

Ain't nothin' like the cost of living high

[Verse 10]

I tell you, the high cost of living

It ain't nothin' like the cost of living high

Just leave that stuff alone

Written by: James Slater, Jamey Johnson

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