Town Mountain: “Down Low”
Clip: 4/10/2025 | 4m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Town Mountain plays “Down Low,” a song about the paranoia of being under the influence.
Town Mountain performs a staple from their catalogue: “Down Low,” cowritten by Tyler Childers and former Town Mountain banjo player Jesse Langlais. It speaks to the paranoia of being under the influence to the point of losing control.
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Town Mountain: “Down Low”
Clip: 4/10/2025 | 4m 43sVideo has Closed Captions
Town Mountain performs a staple from their catalogue: “Down Low,” cowritten by Tyler Childers and former Town Mountain banjo player Jesse Langlais. It speaks to the paranoia of being under the influence to the point of losing control.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[gentle bluegrass music] ♪ When you see me half the night ♪ ♪ Tearing up the promenade ♪ ♪ How 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 ♪ ♪ Don't you better keep it on the low down ♪ ♪ Well, I get to feeling just right ♪ ♪ Son, I think I better 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 company that I'm in ♪ ♪ Living on the high side ♪ ♪ Better keep it on the low down ♪ ♪ Well, I get to feeling just right ♪ ♪ I think I'll have to go and sit down ♪ [gentle bluegrass music] [gentle bluegrass music continues] ♪ Sweating like a preacher in the presence of the Lord ♪ ♪ Shaking like a leaf in the middle of a storm ♪ ♪ Jawing my bones trying to make you see ♪ ♪ And I wouldn't much fret if my friends was all here ♪ ♪ But people in the corner, they're starting to stare, son ♪ ♪ They're having a ball poking fun at me ♪ ♪ Living on the high side ♪ ♪ Yeah, keep it on the low down ♪ ♪ Well, I get to feeling just right ♪ ♪ I think I'll have to go and sit down ♪ ♪ Living on the high side ♪ ♪ Living on the high side ♪ ♪ Mm-hm-hm ♪ ♪ Well, you better straighten up and act right ♪ ♪ Straighten up and act right ♪ ♪ Keep it on the low down ♪ [gentle bluegrass music continues] [gentle bluegrass music continues]
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