Lowdown On The Highlife-James Otto

[00:00.00] [00:16.21]He played guitar in a honky-tonk band [00:23.44]He drank Jack Daniels, black label brand [00:30.33]He was the life of the party [00:33.92]Till they closed down the bar [00:37.51]In the eyes of a young boy, he was a star [00:44.57] [00:46.18]He'd say, "son, don't you run down the roads that i've run [00:54.48]And don't go and sing all the songs that i've sung [01:01.89]'Cause this kind of livin' takes its toll on a man [01:10.65]And through the smoke and the neon i saw it first hand [01:17.96]I got the lowdown on the highlife [01:21.74]But still here i am." [01:26.52] [01:31.29]The blues and the bottle held him under their spell [01:38.59]Took him to heaven and put us through hell [01:45.89]Well, sometimes I feel him up on this stage [01:53.34]His restless spirit [01:56.88]Still runs through my veins [02:00.64] [02:01.53]He'd say, "son, don't you run down the roads that i've run [02:09.96]And don't go and sing all the songs that i've sung [02:17.18]'Cause this kind of livin' takes its toll on a man [02:25.96]And through the smoke and the neon i saw it first hand [02:33.11]I got the lowdown on the highlife [02:37.21]But still here i am." [02:41.64] [02:56.57]He'd say, "son, don't you run down the roads that i've run [03:05.00]And don't go and sing all the songs that i've sung [03:12.25]'Cause this kind of livin' takes its toll on a man [03:20.92]And through the smoke and the neon i saw it first hand [03:28.23]I got the lowdown on the highlife [03:32.39]But still here i am." [03:35.23] [03:35.67]I got the lowdown on the highlife [03:39.63]But still here I am [03:44.75] [03:48.20]Mmm... [03:54.31] [03:55.86] [04:09.74]