Words I Choose Lyrics

I'm getting paid to play a show in New York

I'm writing songs, and in July I'll be on tour

These are the things I wanted when I was a kid

And I still want them now; at least, I'm pretty sure

I always dreamed I'd have someone to share it with

Their face turned into yours after a little bit

I love that I can shape my words around a note

But I hate the way they fit when we still don't

I would trade this all for you if you just asked me to

I know the life I almost lived all too well

I see it in my dreams and nightmares, I can tell

That maybe I'd be happier, more comfortable

But I'd feel the restless aching in my bones

And so I chose the lonely life out on the road

(I, I, I, I)

I'm stopping in your town tonight, you are front row

(I, I, I, I)

I sing the songs about you so reluctantly

(I, I, I, I)

We'll talk about it later, then I'll leave

'Cause I can't trade this all for you, so please don't ask me to

Watch me go, and please just know it hurts to have to lose

I will watch your wedding through the photographs you post online

(I will watch it, I will watch it, I will watch it)

And I will watch you raise your kids in the New England countryside

(I will watch it, I will watch it, I will watch it)

The rolling hills

The summertime

I will mourn the world where this was almost mine

(I can feel it, I can feel it, I can feel it)

You're the right person

(I can feel it)

It's just the wrong life

'Cause I can't trade this all for you, and you won't ask me to

It still aches, I wish you'd beg, but

Nobody knows me like you do

You'll watch me go, because you know it's good and right and true

You'll move on and I'll be gone but

You're in the words I choose