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 FRIEND
LOOKIN' FOR SOME
OTHER WAY TO FLY
AND THREE DAYS
STRAIGHT
WAS NO BIG FEAT
TO GET BY ON
NO FOOD OR SLEEP
AND CRAZY
WAS BECOMIN'
MY NEW NORM
I'D PASS OUT ON
THE BEDROOM FLOOR
AND SLEEP
RIGHT THROUGH
THE CALM
BEFORE THE STORM
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
THAT SOUTHERN
BAPTIST
PARKIN' 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
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
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
4 BAR
BREAK
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
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
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
I TELL YOU
THE HIGH COST
OF LIVIN'
IT AIN'T NOTHIN'
LIKE THE COST
OF LIVIN' HIGH
JUST LEAVE
THAT STUFF ALONE