[Verse 1]
When you see me out tonight tearing up the promenade
People stop and step aside so I can move along
Is it just because they re friendly or the fact that I am gone
Stepping over lines of the paths they travel on?
[Chorus]
Living on the high side
Better keep it on the low down
Get to feeling just right
Think Iâll have to go and sit down
[Verse 2]
Do you reckon that they notice? Do you think that they believe?
I ve gotten into meanness on the dark end of the street
Do my eyes tell my condition? Does my breath show where I ve been?
Am I talking any louder than the compâny that I m in
[Chorus]
Living on the high side
Better keep it on the low down
Get to feeling just right
Think Iâll have to go and sit down
[Bridge]
Sweating like a preacher in the presence of the Lord
Shaking like a leaf in the middle of a storm
Jawin my bone trying to make you see
I wouldn t much fret if my friends were all here
But there s people in the corner and they re starting to stare
Having a ball poking fun at me
[Chorus]
Living on the high side
Better keep it on the low down
Get to feeling just right
Think Iâll have to go and sit down
Straighten up and try to act right
Keep it on the lowdown
