Lyrics The Life You Chose - Jason Isbell

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
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