Ben Lee - Career Choice - Текст песни

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