Life I Chose

Hear the storm water roaring

Through the cracks in my street, in my street

Down the gutter it flows

With my dreams, the lord knows

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

Here I sit in shell toes

Between third and Melrose

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

no no no no

On the corner at the bodega, oh lord

Is the only place where they know my name, oh

As the storm moves away now

It still howls in my mind, in my mind

While I dreamt of repose

Due to my trifling and bad decisions, I suppose

Turns out, turns out this is the life I chose

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

Well it turns out this is the life that I chose