Life I Chose (Live at Area 88)

ear the storm water roaring

Through the cracks in my street, in my street

Down the gutter it flows

Like my dreams, the lord knows

Y'know this ain't, this ain't the life I chose

Now I hear the clap of thunder

When it used to be applause, be applause

Now I sit in shell toes

On the corner of third and Melrose

Y'know this ain't, this ain't the life I chose, no no no

On the corner at the bodega, lord, no no

Is the only place they know my name, oh

As the storm moves away now

It still howls in my mind, in my mind

And while I dreamt of repose

Due to my trifling and bad decisions, I suppose

Turns out, well it turns out this is the life that I chose

Well, it turns out, well, it turns out this is the life I chose

Well, it turns out this is the life that I chose