My whole life went through my head, laying in that motel bed, watchin as the cops kicked in the door....I had a job and a piece of land, my sweet wife was my best friend, but I traded that for cocaine and a *****

I think his name is James Johnson...he wrote "honkytonk buhdonkeydonk" or however the heck ya spell that. and the name of the song is "High cost of living" i think