Williamsburg Lyrics
Tom Meltzer There's a cold rain pouring off the Williamsburg BridgeThe world's giving way beneath my feetSomeone once said that you're lucky when you're deadYou know sometimes I agreeThey're sweeping hot bottle caps onto the streetThere's a boy about 16 staring downWith a sick little smile just to prove he's aliveAs he looks around for nothing on the groundOnce his life was a prison but it burst at the seamsWhen he found a way to leave his dreams behindNow he lives in a mist he hopes will leave him so numbThat he'll die without a worry on his mindCHORUS I was walking through Williamsburg, taking it inTrying to keep the courage not to runWhen a boy left a bodega and he stepped in my pathIn his right hand was a gunHe said, "Give me your money and I'll leave you alive"And he shook and looked discouraged while he talkedAnd I tried not to watch him as he walked awayBut I noticed a spring in his walkCHORUS You only get one chance at everything on this EarthAnd everything you do you must redeemIt's a hard sad life most people'd rather throw awayOn drinks and drugs and idle dreamsI was sitting in my bedroom staring at an empty fifthThe night was disappearing from my headWhen I had a funny thought and I started to laugh'Cause I remembered what somebody saidCHORUS
5 Chinese Brothers Williamsburg
