The Life You Chose

Who are you if not the one I met

One July night before the town went wet?

Jack and coke in your mama's car

You were reading The Bell Jar

Where are you if you're not on your own?

Always lonely, never quite alone

Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find

After running the last line?

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Are you living the life you chose

Are you living the life that chose you

Are you taking a grown up dose

Do you live with a man who knows you

Like I thought I did back then

But I guess I never did

Did I kid?

I got lucky when I finished school

Lost three fingers to a faulty tool

Settled out of court, I'm no one's fool

You probably knew

There's plenty left to make a getaway

I've spent enough nights in the bluegrass state

We could go somewhere where people stay up late

Or just somewhere new

(Chorus):

Are you living the life you chose?

Are you living the life that chose you?

Are you taking a grown up dose?

Do you live with a man who knows you?

Like I thought I did back then

But I guess I never did

Did I kid?

Here I am inviting you to throw your life away

Victim of nostalgia maybe Tanqueray

Just tonight I realized that I am still in your backseat

Nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me

(Chorus):

Are you living the life you chose?

Are you living the life that chose you?

Are you taking a grown up dose?

Do you live with a man who knows you?

Like I thought I did back then

But I guess I never did

Did I kid?