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Composer: Meltzer, Paul

5 Chinese Brothers - Williamsburg lyrics



There's a cold rain pouring off the Williamsburg Bridge
The world's giving way beneath my feet
Someone once said that you're lucky when you're dead
You know sometimes I agree
They're sweeping hot bottle caps onto the street
There's a boy about 16 staring down
With a sick little smile just to prove he's alive
As he looks around for nothing on the ground
Once his life was a prison but it burst at the seams
When he found a way to leave his dreams behind
Now he lives in a mist he hopes will leave him so numb
That he'll die without a worry on his mind
CHORUS
I was walking through Williamsburg, taking it in
Trying to keep the courage not to run
When a boy left a bodega and he stepped in my path
In his right hand was a gun
He said, "Give me your money and I'll leave you alive"
And he shook and looked discouraged while he talked
And I tried not to watch him as he walked away
But I noticed a spring in his walk
CHORUS
You only get one chance at everything on this Earth
And everything you do you must redeem
It's a hard sad life most people'd rather throw away
On drinks and drugs and idle dreams
I was sitting in my bedroom staring at an empty fifth
The night was disappearing from my head
When I had a funny thought and I started to laugh
'Cause I remembered what somebody said
CHORUS
Songs list of album: Singer, Songwriter, Beggarman, Thief (1992)
         Title Rating
01   If I Ain't Falling lyrics   -
02   Baltimore lyrics   -
03    She's a Waitress (And I'm in Love) lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Stop Talking lyrics   -
05   My Dad's Face lyrics   -
06   These Dreams lyrics   -
07   Alone Together lyrics   -
08   Paul Cezanne lyrics   -
09   Claudine lyrics   -
10   Don't Regret lyrics   -
11   The Real Fast Car lyrics   -
12   All I Need lyrics   -
13   I Always Knew lyrics   -
14   Williamsburg lyrics   -
15   Jack Worships Janey lyrics   -
 

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