From the recording Chasing Happy

Lyrics

Verse 1
I was dead just seven minutes ago, I can’t even die when I say so
They brought me back, I would jump off a bridge you know
They brought me back, I would jump, but I don’t have the nerve

Verse 2
Every day I take my life in my hands, it’s my choice to stay in this situation
That’s not the way it started long ago, a man shot me up while I slept on a cold borrowed floor.

Chorus
I wasn’t raised like this, I didn’t plan for this
Still the voices scream in my head, you asked for it, you asked for it, you asked for it

Verse 3
If you could understand the things that I’ve done,
It’s my choice to stay in this situation,
I have a daughter, she’s ten years old, she lives with my family that loves me, but I clipped the cord. (Chorus)

Coda
They’ll never pay for what they’ve done, but they’ll pay for what I do,
Walk seven minutes in my shoes, but for the grace of God go you, but for the grace of God. (Repeat 3x)

©2017 Lisa Jeanette