5 CHINESE BROTHERS - Williamsburg lyrics

rate me

Tom meltzer<br><br>There's a cold rain pouring off the williamsburg bridge<br>The world's giving way beneath my feet<br>Someone once said that you're lucky when you're dead<br>You know sometimes I agree<br><br>They're sweeping hot bottle caps onto the street<br>There's a boy about 16 staring down<br>With a sick little smile just to prove he's alive<br>As he looks around for nothing on the ground<br><br>Once his life was a prison but it burst at the seams<br>When he found a way to leave his dreams behind<br>Now he lives in a mist he hopes will leave him so numb<br>That he'll die without a worry on his mind<br><br>Chorus<br><br>I was walking through williamsburg, taking it in<br>Trying to keep the courage not to run<br>When a boy left a bodega and he stepped in my path<br>In his right hand was a gun<br><br>He said, give me your money and I'll leave you alive<br>And he shook and looked discouraged while he talked<br>And I tried not to watch him as he walked away<br>But I noticed a spring in his walk<br><br>Chorus<br><br>You only get one chance at everything on this earth<br>And everything you do you must redeem<br>It's a hard sad life most people'd rather throw away<br>On drinks and drugs and idle dreams<br><br>I was sitting in my bedroom staring at an empty fifth<br>The night was disappearing from my head<br>When I had a funny thought and I started to laugh<br>'cause I remembered what somebody said<br><br>Chorus