Down Low

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? Living on the high side Better keep it on the low down Get to feeling just right Think I'll have to go and sit down Do you reckon that they notice? Do you think that they believe? I've been getting 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 comp'ny that I'm in Living on the high side Better keep it on the low down Get to feeling just right Think I'll have to go and sit down 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 Living on the high side Keep it on the low down Get to feeling just right Think I'll have to go and sit down Living on the high side Straighten up and try to act right Keep it on the low down