high cost of low living

you're the life of the party

everybody's host

still you need somewhere you can hide

all your good time friends

and your farewell to has-beens

lord knows

just along for the ride

you think you're a survivor

but boy

you better think twice

no one rides for nothin'

so

step up and pay the price

it's the high cost of low livin'

ain't it high time

you turn yourself around?

yeah

the high cost of low livin'

is bound to put you six feet in the ground

so many here who love you

but still

you just can't tell

the real ones and those who drop your name

all the while behind your back

they lift the flesh right from your bones

you should know by now

we're all fair game

you've been chasing each dream with whiskey

from here to tokyo

usin' up all your real friends

places left to go

it's the high cost of low livin'

ain't it high time

you turn yourself around?

yeah

the high cost of low livin'

is bound to put you six feet in the ground

don't look behind you

ahh

don't look back

don't try to find reason in the past

past is gone

gone at last

it's high cost of low livin'

it's high time you turn yourself around

well

the high cost of low livin'

is bound to put you six feet in the ground