Dave Cobb - High Cost of Living 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, could get by with no food or sleep And crazy was becomin' my new norm I'd pa** 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 tell you, the high cost of livin' Ain't nothin' like the cost of livin' high [Verse 3] That southern Baptist parkin' lot, was where I'd go to smoke my pot An' sit there in my pickup truck and pray Starin' at that giant cross, just reminded me that I was lost And it just never seemed to point the way [Verse 4] 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 eightball I didn't have to think or talk, or feel [Chorus] 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 livin' Ain't nothin' like the cost of livin' high [Verse 5] 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 c**aine and a who*e [Verse 6] With my new found 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 [Chorus] 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 livin' Ain't nothin' like the cost of livin' high [Outro] I tell you, the high cost of livin' It ain't nothin' like the cost of livin' high (Just leave that stuff alone)