Lowdown On The Highlife Lyrics - Singles - James Otto

He played guitar in a honky-tonk band 

He drank Jack Daniels, black label brand 

He was the life of the party till they closed down the bar 

In the eyes of a young boy, he was a star 

He'd say, "Son, don't you run down the roads that I've run 

And don't go and sing all the songs that I've sung 

'Cause this kind of livin' takes its toll on a man 

And through the smoke and the neon I saw it first hand 

I got the lowdown on the high-life but still here I am" 

The blues and the bottle held him under their spell 

Took him to heaven and put us through hell 

Well, sometimes I feel him up on this stage 

His restless spirit still runs through my veins 

He'd say, "Son, don't you run down the roads that I've run 

And don't go and sing all the songs that I've sung 

'Cause this kind of livin' takes its toll on a man 

And through the smoke and the neon I saw it first hand 

I got the lowdown on the high-life but still here I am 

I got the lowdown on the high-life but still here I am"