The Life

It's getting late and something's waiting in the city tonight
 This place is crazy and it makes me wanna fuck up my mind
 I like the lights the trippy lights and all the pornographic stores
 I light this thing as they complain about the junkies and the whores
 When I was young I dreamed I'd come here and I guess I did
 Survive the scum and I'd become someone but never did
 These village slums I let become my life I guess I did
 I'm just a bum pathetic scum that's just the way I live
 This is the life (life)
 This is the life (life)
 You want the life (life)
 
 You want the life (life)
 No
 It's getting late and guess who's playing in the city tonight
 This place is amazing and it makes me wanna fucking get high
 I love the way the buildings sway and all the garbage on the streets
 The sounds of trains and sirens make lovely music while I sleep
 I'm going farther than I ever thought that far could be
 By 21 I had a gun and ditched authority
 At 22 I never knew the sights that I would see
 At 24 I made the score that killed that part of me
 This is the life (life)
 This is the life (life)
 You want the life (life)
 You want my life (life)
 No