Billy Hurst “High Cost of Living” Cover Jamey Johnson

Lately I’ve been listening to Jamey Johnson’s record “That Lonesome Song” and this song has really stuck with me. If you haven’t got this cd yet, do yourself a favor and grab it. I hope y’all enjoy it. “High Cost of Living” by: Jamey Johnson I was just a normal guy Life was just a nine to five With bills and pressure piled up to the sky She didn’t ask, she knew I’d been Hangin’ with my wilder friends Lookin’ for some other way to fly 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 CHORUS My life was just an old routine Every day, the same damn thing I couldn’t even tell I was alive I’ll tell ya’, the high cost of living Ain’t nothing like the cost of living high That southern baptist parking lot Was where I’d go to smoke my pot And sit there in my pick-up truck and pray Starin’ at that giant cross Just reminded me that I was lost But it just never seemed to point the way As soon as Jesus turned his back I’d find my way across the tracks Lookin’ just to score another deal With my back against that damn eight ball I didn’t have to think or talk or feel REPEAT CHORUS My whole life flashed 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 With my newfound sobriety, I’ve got the time to sit and think Of all …
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