Jamey Johnson - High Cost Of Living W/ Lyrics

[MrKen586]

thumbs up if your not doin better

[61290liljim]

I'm under hubby name!!!! I'm going to go see him and hank wiliams in april 27. I'm so ready..

[makeitalone]

this song is my sisters x fiancee to a big ol T, sad to see

[rorshach31699]

my dad died last thursday, this was his favorite song, almost as if it was written about him RIP daddy

[greenslawncare]

it does have a good message to it....not a sad country song just a great country song!

[deeboo000]

wow.. for a city girl, i <3 this song!!:)

[DirtBikeDiva199]

@deeboo000 meeeeeee 2 my dad introduced it to me!!!!!!! <3

[fasthorse37]

What my life used to be like before i turned it around,thank god i was always one step ahead of the law.

[TheKlrmoto]

the way it used to be the way it should be the way it is country outlaw jamey johnson thx my friend

[abbikat68]

this song reminds me my ex he is fighting this very battle and all i can do is sit and watch him slip further and further away. funny how people do drugd to numb their pain but cause so much hurt to those that love them.

[RedneckBabyG]

This song reminds me of my Daddy thats in jail rite now. Before he got arrested we used to always listen to this song . I hope he gets out soon!

*Luv ya Daddy!<3

[makemebad344]

Anyone else live their life by this song?



[diptester]

life story lol

[tonyei31]

George Strait and Alan Jackson have not done as much true country over the years. Why, it doesn't sell. Alan's last true country release "I still like bologna" stalled on the charts. I love Jamey, I love this true country sound but it's hard to be successful in mainstream pop country with this type of sound. Part of me thinks guys like Jamey wouldn't want it any other way, don't sell out for what you don't believe in. AJ and George kind of have, as much as I love them.

[hunt4gump1962]

This is a very cool song in more ways than one , had my two young adult sons listen to it and they loved it in more ways than one ! I hope .

[The93bronco]

this is the real country music, no brad paisley or toby keith or rascal flatts. justin moore, alan jackson, george strait, and montgomery gentry.

[jakev351]

@The93bronco ....how can you put george strait or alan jackson in the same category as those others they are real country music

[canadiancountryboy94]

@The93bronco you saying toby kieth and  brad paisley arnt country?

[pow23mia]

@The93bronco george strait and alana jackson? really? and toby keith has some old shit thats real country dont everr shit on them yes jamey johnson is amazing but there wouldnt be any jamey johnson with out them..

[MrGeorgestrait97]

@The93bronco

SERIOUSLY!! George isn't country?? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SMOKING!?!?!?!?!?!?!? He's as country as country is!!

[MrGeorgestrait97]

@The93bronco Along with AJ, and Brad is AMAZING!! Even if all of his music isn't always country, Justin Moore is awesome too, and so is Toby Keith. Rascal Flatts are ok, but I do love some of their songs..... and there's nothing wrong with Montgomery Gentry.

[MrGeorgestrait97]

@The93bronco If you want non-country, go listen to some Taylor Swift, that girl can't sing to save her damn life!!

[daltonayoung]

GREAT shit

[PVraptor3]

@SuperTropher27: your right exept taylor swift is smokin hot and the other ones are guys haha

[chelseyoliver46]

lovee thiss songg<3

[SuperTopher27]

Jamey Johnson, Justin Moore, Zac Brown. thats real country. Taylor Swift if ment for MTV

[The93bronco]

@SuperTopher27 hell ya man jayme johnson is a bad ass, me and my roommate are goin to justin moore in montana. should be a good show. take care country boy.

[fireballkiller]

@JesseIsThunder yep i would have to concur with all those cept kenny, however kenny is comin out with some pretty damn good stuff latley.

[fireballkiller]

@JesseIsThunder yeah its true..my buddy a while ago said CMT had a program called "Alternitive Country" where they played all the GOOD SHIT. i just wanna say FUCK KEITH URBAN! sorry i hate that guy hes a damn shitty giant mole on the backside of what used to be country..

[twiztedrasberry]

my brother dedicated this song to me while i was on meth ; & thanks to him im clean now ; so this song means a lot to me (:

much lovee to all tha recovering addicts *

[SuperADDISON2011]

i love this song

[vipmd]

4 2 0

[jennifer1981smith]

I think most people can relate to this song... at some point in everyone's life we all go down a bad road... Amazingly, the Southern Baptist Parking lot is what made me realize I was a LOSER & Thank God for an amazing hiusband who helped me turn my life around, instead of leaving my stupid, drug addicted ass!!!

[jennifer1981smith]

I think most people can relate to this song... at some point in everyone's life we all go down a bad road... Amazingly, the Southern Baptist Parking lot is what made me realize I was a LOSER

[chrisondamoon]

i can relate

[SuicidalWinds420]

This describes how my life went for the past year. I'm so glad that I finally got out of that mess. Now I got a wife and kids. A year ago, I had nothing.

[twiztedrasberry]

@SuicidalWinds420 im glad you got out of it too (: & i was tha same way ; but now im a recovering addict ; keep ya head up *

[jjman8327]

@SuicidalWinds420 thats awesome keep it up bro glad your doing better

[MrVento23]

CMA's? Country My Ass

[Rogerw54]

No play on my I fone fo. SUXXXXS

[Iloveblunts420]

this was my life for a long time..and i thank myself for actually learning that there are more out there than just pot pills meth and a bunch of other shit i cant thank no one but myself and my my po and my boyfriend who stuck with me through it all everytime i feel like getting high i listen to this song because its all true you dont just hurt yourself you hurt everyone around you

[TheRocknrollredneck]

jamey johnson is the savior of country music! Waylon would be proud of this man

[rocktilludrop59]

GOD!!! This (WAS) my life for over 20 years!!!! thank you lord for the strength to turn it all around..................

[milesnchaseoutlaws]

music video was fillmed less than 20 miles away from my hometown of waukee iowa

[myownwall]

Now this is country music! If more songs on the radio were like this one I would listen to more country. I am a rocker, but damn I love outlaw country. This song makes Waylon, Willie, Merle, and Cash, etc. proud! (and me too!)

[MrLUDWIGMAN]

JJ IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED SONGWRITERS,SINGERS & HIS ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYING & SINGING IS STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART,AS A GOOD BIT OF ALL THE MUSIC WE WRITE & PLAY FROM HERE IN GREENVILLE,S.C. KICK AZZ JJ

[coorslight241]

the highcost of livin aint nothin like the cost of hardees fries

[campyks]

My favorite JJ song of all time.. so elegent yet true

[FarrellPinkerton]

the best new school coutry singer out

[Ms1luvmusic]

Great recovery song!! I love when artist are Real!! Thank you Jamey...and thank you Jesus for never giving up on us!

[poojennifer1]

great song seen him yesterday...like jamey....

[poojennifer1]

great sing just seen him yesterday...loved it

[TessaAnn0526]

this is real country music:)

not many people listen to this kinda country any more

[jkshaek]

this is my theme song for life

[1UNCOOLMIKE]

Pop country sucks.

Outlaw country rocks!!!

[antz350]

some real country never gets old like that so called pop country bullshit they play on the radio

[outbackzax]

did any of u read the tags funny as hell but any way great song

[jacobg9146]

does jamie sing a song about a girl who turned to drugs and he says i hate to tell sugar aint medicine...love any thing that goes down easy... anybody know who sings this and what its called? it is tx country. and i think its jamie

[glossedoverme]

@jacobg9146 answers.yahoo.com/question/ind­ex?qid=20090730134651AADvrdz

[mattnichols11]

fuck yal dislike fuckers dont know a good song when u hear 1 HELL YEA SING IT JAMIE

[jacobg9146]

@mattnichols11 

[jimmyhobkins]

i fucking raped the like button

[bonghitter38]

song touches me. i quit te meth and the pills january 2010. but i will never quit smoking weed

[slyhitman214]

im in love with this song!

[TwiTch714]

I am a chicano from the Big Bad Oc and I love old country. Mr Johnson has some old style true meaning lyrics from the heart.

[jadd6810]

I cant get enough Jamey Johnson! It maybe sad, but I have been there too!

[Goraiders75]

13 ppl must be kids and never been down the road of if you take a left you will lose but if you take that right you will see what is best for you???? for me I am still stradling the middle line????

[PeytonMajor]

Come baby Asian ladies lushfmlk.info

[laurenluvsyou171]

this is what REAL country music sounds like!!!! :)

[MADdrummer971]

@laurenluvsyou171 Agreed 10000%

[cykokjn]

If yall like this guy you should check out this band that opened for David Alan Coe...and their getting ready to open for The Marshall Tucker Band...they are called the SICKSTRING OUTLAWS...they are really bringing outlaw back to country.....

[phantasmphan]

@cykokjn send me a request for the bands page

[laurenluvsyou171]

luv jamie johnson...............:D

[Tweedbouy45]

Hes bringin Outlaw country back!

[lonestar1989]

lots of guts to talk sing about that kind of subject and put in plain english way da go

[don1shorty]

yawn

[MrAwesome667]

i dont get it. its like lady gaga is popular but unpopular n so is justin beiber ppl say they hate him but they listen 2 his music anyway and i dont mean to start a conversation on them in a jamey johnson video(favorite singer) but i jus dont get it ppl r jus so hypocritical if u dont like him SHUT UP ABOUT HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and he will go away

[jaystonejustone]

I am free of drugs, and this song helps me know I am clean.

[ssnumber19]

JJ come back to Kansas them yuppies basturds in other states dont know what real country music is

[ericishere100]

@ssnumber19 Yeah country music in Kansas is so popular lol (sarcasm)

[americantothebone]

@ericishere100

I dont know where the hell you live kiddo but get out of the ghetto youngin. I live in kansas born and bred and the only thing i listen to is country.

[ericishere100]

@americantothebone dude I was not saying that You dont listen to country, I was saying that you dont hear Kansas and think country music. I live couple hundred miles outside Nashville. Thats a place that when you hear it you think country music. You dont have to get all offended, Relax. The state of Kansas just dont scream country music.

[ItsRUFF]

About time someone sings about things I understand.........

[TBWAY999]

until you have passed out on the bedroom floor and slept thru the calm before the storm you just can't understand it or get it at all boys and girls

[NCEpuNINETYFOUR]

This song is REAL. This song is sang from the heart, and hits home hard to probably most of all us good ol boys. 6stringgunslinger is right...bout time we hear some real country from a real country singer. Awesome song. Proud to listen.

[itskendallduhh]

counry boy are hotie than city boy <3

[shilohman07]

I know it may be too soon to say this, but I honestly think this man has the potential to be the next Hank Williams Sr. Jamey Johnson's country is so different from the country nowadays, it seems like he's from the past.

[free0bird]

ive already taken that road.......wouldnt have changed it for the world..it made me grow.

[Nightmare365wj]

i love all the people who give their life story or stories of how they wish their boring lives were in the comments

[peltel2222]

Thank God. First thing even close to Johnny Cash. I've been waiting for this.

[huntinboy6996]

@peltel2222 man merrel haggard and conway twitty and hank williams sr are just as gud as johnny cash



[SophieCullan]

Great song I LOVE IT

[princeeric100]

this song is my life story i had a home a agood job a great woman and a beautiful i traded it all for pills and heroin and a whore soon after i went to prison. my female remarried and moved her and my little girl across the damn country and my brother and most of my friends are now dead

[hurleyken1]

Finally a real country music song!!! this boy is good...redinds me of Waylon Jones and Cash.

[scarhead38in]

i laugh at this song if ya know my situation the cost of livin high is only money when ya done lost what mattered i had a lovin new family the woman i loved and a good payin job with her brother one night my best freind died so i lied to my woman told her i had a drink and with no love or regret she broke my heart right their after 1 and 1/2 years of what she called love 3 days later had a new man then and their i tried to hang myself the rope broke and i woke up and shot up heroin still am

[folkrockman]

I hate new school country music with a dying passion. But this song is REAL and from the heart. I can relate to it BIG TIME! Great song!

[quintili1]

Jamey Johnson is one of the only true country artists left. What Nashville calls country nowadays is just sad.

[daffodilkisses]

great song!!

[902590]

this song describes how i used to be i love this song

[coachfrankoaa]

boy this songs hit home, crazy becoming my new norm

[fukurhonDUH]

He fucked his life up. GOT IT BACK. fucking respect it people. and its not about smoking pot its about cocaine. Pot is not a drug. its perfectly NORML :)

[robzombieman8]

@fukurhonDUH than what does he mean by "that baptist church parking lot was where i'd go to smoke my pot" i thought he meant marijuana :) hahahahaha fag

[supernova3339]

this song reminds me of my fathers death. he was depressed and broke and drank himself to death. I love/hate this song

[jellyfish74]

good tune. sounds a bit like Waylon

[Misscommentator]

@ jayr5j it says your body is a temple and to maintain it as such. That's like asking where in the constitution it says anything against cocaine.

[coolestpyro]

the first (and only other) time i heard this song i was taking a massive shit in wendys.

[trasey73]

Ok, stop and actually listen to the lyrics before judging That southern Baptist parking lot

Is where Id go to smoke my pot....

As soon as Jesus turned his back....

With my back against that damn eight ball

I didnt have to think or talk . . . or feel

He was trying to say he was lost and had abandon Jesus. He wasn't saying that smokin' pot in a church parking lot is the thing to do.

[TheJoelef]

@trasey73 Theres nothing wrong with smoking pot.

[crookedchef08]

you are all idiots... it doesn't matter what he dd or where he did it.. the whole point of the song is he did some messed up stuff and he regrets it

[ZEPPELINWEED4EVER]

Its' a fuckin SONG. get over it. I guess it's OK to say anything if you are a Crapper-I mean rapper

[edlongelec]

What happened at the CMA's? Guess they took the country out of the awards!

[RHMETAL]

@edlongelec They've been doing that for quite a few years now. But, you also have to blame all these "New Cats" that claim to be country when they're really sugar-coated Pop! Record Company Sheep do NOT belong in Country Music! Thank God we've got guys like Jamey out there! He's the only REAL Country I can think of from the new scene.

[mychev82]

good song i dont care what any one says about

[jayr5j]

where in christianity does it say anything agaisnt weed?

[djNymph]

This is Depressing

[Brandnewstyle69]

i can attest to this, lay off the coke boys....it just aint worth it it, 2 years in huntsville, got out, joined the army, now my life is strait...and whiskey...after my deployment, im still fighting that battle, but, anyone that wants to be right, will be after time, dont judge a motherfucker on his past deeds....

[NannyAkaParis]

jamey johnson is the best !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mts00007]

@TheHighflyer88

MAN it's about ALL of US !.

[mts00007]

THANKS FOR POSTING !!!!!.

[qtr212hp]

No truer words ever spoken. Keep fighting those demons. There a better day coming.

[mrbojanglesdoggy]

Ive been looking for some Merle Haggardish music (kinda David Allen Coe-ish as well) Thanks Jamey Johnson for bringing Country Back!!!

[wyomingacres]

@mrbojanglesdoggy hell yes agreed true country this new stuff aint worth dick

[buckeyebuzzard7]

This guy has some awesome music. If you appreciate this song try "lead Me Home" It's absolutely GREAT!!!!!!!

[southernsteelangel]

this is my favorite song ever my ex husband played me for a fool for a long time with his dope...i hope he hears this song and thinks about the way he did me and our son...

[wallace2425]

Jamey johnson is a real country singer he is an outlaw the rest of the country singers dont know what country is with the exception of a few of them like hank, and toby but who cares about the rest.

[mac423]

HA Toby Keith is just waiting for more of our young men to die in the sandbox to help further his career

[skynardl69]

this is a story of my life..........

[supernova3339]

this is the song my dad always sung while he was super drunk right before he died. He was only 53 i was only 16

[brownrider56]

i feel ya my mom was 56 i was 22-23 they are up above have n a cold 1 watch over us

[Johnnyreb32324]

its nice to see that jamey is bringin back real country music. and not all them other posers that say they are country like rascal fags, colt ford and luke bryan.

[wyomingacres]

@Johnnyreb32324  hey check out rebel son

[snowball18737]

GroundHog When you see the sunlight; and its 90 pastout in my chevy & my old ford truck . thirtydays party the fire never went out, the bed of the trucks had ice & beer i know johnson songs. GroundHog12ga

[Szartard]

This song has some hellacious bass.

[snowball18737]

GroundHog johnson all his songs is part of life . GroundHog12ga

[flatbed86]

if u dont like this song ur an idiot

[snowball18737]

GroundHog you sit and party with people next thing you fall out like my friend they did not call 911 to after they took him and left him to die . high cost of low life people next to get high oxx GroundHog 12ga

[snowball18737]

GroundHog missed love one & firends we know high cost of living rest in GODS hands GroundHog12ga

[supernova3339]

this is the song my dad would listen too when he was really drunk before he died on november 2nd

i miss him, he wasnt supposed too die soo young.....................

[littlegirlalyssa]

@supernova3339 im sorry for your loss :(

[C4StarJr]

DFHolton that is way to funny,,,, kinda serious too.

This is a great song,, I liked his other one too, and I look forward to hearing more from Jamey Johnson

[dfholton]

I listen to this while i drink before school

[homeyi889]

@dfholton

you got that but i drink before work

[Alwaysthenaughty1]

Anyone that don't like jj's music has lived a shelter'd life this guy is one of the last REAL country boys out there makeing REAL music for REAL people.Maybe some people haven't been down and out and can say lifes always been good ...some of us can't and this music help us get by...and know that life is what we make it..

[TheL4dgamer]

well this guy sucks....

[snowball18737]

today my friend laid to rest never forgotten GroundHog we all got it comming 12ga

[QuackAttack2009]

Damn man im hate to hear that keep ur head up u will see him one day hes up their with the big man!!!

[snowball18737]

song good one sound is kicken johnson top of the line #1 GroundHog12ga

[snowball18737]

GroundHog This song real to day a little step to a lot oxx its for end of life GroundHog 12ga

[snowball18737]

GroundHog R.I.P. DonaldR. Stanley 10-1-64 1-23-10 cost of living high . my friend forever missed . oxx we all got it comming.

[snowball18737]

GroundHog R.I.P. Donald R. Stanley 10-1-64 1-23-10 My friend forever missed . cost of living high we all got it comming .< oxx

[bigwurm1987]

"Sittin' in that southern baptist parkin' lot, where I'd go to smoke my pot, sit in my pickup truck and pray, staring at that giant cross, reminded me that I was lost, and it just never seemed to point the way"

Ain't that the truth. When I heard that part I bought his cd because you can tell he has been through some shit and has a story to tell.

[brownrider56]

to be honest that was like the only part of the song i didnt care for & im not even religious i just thought he could of smoked out some wear other then a church parking lot!!! i mean i have smoked/smoke a lot of green but ive never once had the balls to spark one up on church grounds i would literly take a step of of the property & lite up but thats dissrespectfull if you ask me & like i said im not religious at all!!! & hes from the south i thought that would be a BIG no no

down in dixie!!!

[kyleeld123]

who cares, hes not smoking his weed as an ef-you to the church

[brownrider56]

i care & im not even religious its just a bad spot to burn one & i smoke heavy!!!

its dissrespectfull to the beleavers/worshipers of the church & to many of them it could be taken as a F-U to the church!!! i mean come on man who cares it only a church? is that really a arguement??? im just saying i dig the guy & his music its just that was not the greatist spot to spark one up!!!

[trasey73]

@brownrider56 You're right b-rider its is a bad spot to burn and that is basically just what he was sayin'

[deepwoodskentuckian]

you can relate to this song which is what country music is about

[MrCarpender]

This is a well written and perfectly worded song. One of the best from this time period

[TheJoelef]

If this was a pop country song there lyrics would be "drugs are so bad,drugs are bad dont do that" because there a bunch of pussies. Thank you jamey johnson.

[akb330]

this man will be legend in time!

[8bap]

total badass

[HENRYJJ81]

u can relate to song high cost living high yeah!! didn't have to feel!!!

[MyaK14]

Jamey Johnson forever! He is such an amazing song writer!

[6stringgunslinger]

Bout time a real country singer get's a break in Trashville.

[6thadmaddog]

@6stringgunslinger yup tired of all these city boys gettin big singin country this song is country music fuck taylor swift and kenny chesney and all that gay shit

[daveturnerjr]

what a song! used to be my life

[DrKiIIem]

Tell it like it is...