5 Chinese Brothers - Williamsburg Lyrics
Tom meltzerTheres a cold rain pouring off the williamsburg bridgeThe worlds giving way beneath my feetSomeone once said that youre lucky when youre deadYou know sometimes I agreeTheyre sweeping hot bottle caps onto the streetTheres a boy about 16 staring downWith a sick little smile just to prove hes 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 hell die without a worry on his mindChorusI 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 Ill leave you aliveAnd he shook and looked discouraged while he talkedAnd I tried not to watch him as he walked awayBut I noticed a spring in his walkChorusYou only get one chance at everything on this earthAnd everything you do you must redeemIts a hard sad life most peopled 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 laughcause I remembered what somebody saidChorus
