
Date of issue: 19.05.1997
Record label: Ten Fingers
Song language: English
Career Choice |
When I was a kid I was best at whatever I did |
When I was a kid I was smart, at the top of the class |
When I was a lad I was sure I had the world in my hands |
I was my own teacher I had my own plan |
I could have been an athlete could have trained all the time |
Been just like the others could have left them behind |
But I was too lazy I could not see ahead |
All I thought of was music that was filling my head |
I could have been a painter painting life in a rush |
All I saw in a day on canvas with my brush |
But I was just painting my life in a song |
Getting all the chords right getting all the words wrong |
I could have been a writer with a back catalogue |
Full of stories of crimes, sex and beer, girls and drugs |
But instead I was writing my first song so bad |
On the cheapest guitar that the music store had |
'Cos instead I strummed on guitars |
Instead I wasted my time |
And I strummed on guitars |
I could have been a lawyer defending some guy |
With a paycheck so big for my heart paid to lie |
But instead I was keeping the truth to myself |
In the records I placed one by one on my shelf |
I could have been a champion, man of the year |
Wave to the crowd as they scream and cheer |
But here I am playing to people sat down |
Nursing their beers while I play the clown |
And instead I strummed on guitars |
Instead I wasted my time |
And I strummed on guitars |
I could have been a racing car driver speed mad |
Seeking the thrills that my youth never had |
But instead I was busy enjoying my age |
With teen punk rock anthems and hearts paid to rage |
I could have been a scientist, doctor or man |
With a stethoscope diagnosing ladies' old hands |
But instead I built fret-callous fingertip scars |
On my ten year old hands meant for toy ships and cars |
And instead I strummed on guitars |
Instead I wasted my time |
Strummed on guitars |
I could have been so much |
But I wasted my time on useless guitars |
I could have been so much |
But I’m not |
And I’m glad |
And I’m glad |
'Cos when I was a kid I was best at whatever I did |
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