Ben Lee - Career Choice Lyrics
When I was a kid I was best at whatever I didWhen I was a kid I was smart, at the top of the classWhen I was a lad I was sure I had the world in my handsI was my own teacher I had my own planI could have been an athlete could have trained all the timeBeen just like the others could have left them behindBut I was too lazy I could not see aheadAll I thought of was music that was filling my headI could have been a painter painting life in a rushAll I saw in a day on canvas with my brushBut I was just painting my life in a songGetting all the chords right getting all the words wrongI could have been a writer with a back catalogueFull of stories of crimes, sex and beer, girls and drugsBut instead I was writing my first song so badOn the cheapest guitar that the music store hadcos instead I strummed on guitarsInstead I wasted my timeAnd I strummed on guitarsI could have been a lawyer defending some guyWith a paycheck so big for my heart paid to lieBut instead I was keeping the truth to myselfIn the records I placed one by one on my shelfI could have been a champion, man of the yearWave to the crowd as they scream and cheerBut here I am playing to people sat downNursing their beers while I play the clownAnd instead I strummed on guitarsInstead I wasted my timeAnd I strummed on guitarsI could have been a racing car driver speed madSeeking the thrills that my youth never hadBut instead I was busy enjoying my ageWith teen punk rock anthems and hearts paid to rageI could have been a scientist, doctor or manWith a stethoscope diagnosing ladies old handsBut instead I built fret-callous fingertip scarsOn my ten year old hands meant for toy ships and carsAnd instead I strummed on guitarsInstead I wasted my timeStrummed on guitarsI could have been so muchBut I wasted my time on useless guitarsI could have been so muchBut Im notAnd Im gladAnd Im gladcos when I was a kid I was best at whatever I did
