Who are you if not the one I met
One July night before the town went wet?
Jack and c**e in your manma's car.
You were reading 'The Bell Jar'
Where are you if you're are not on your own?
Always lonely, never quite alone.
Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find?
After running the last line?
Are you living the life you chose?
Are you living the life that chose you?
Are you taking the grown up dose?
Do you live with a man who knows you
like I thought I did back then?
But I guess I never did, did I, kid?
I got lucky when I finished school.
Lost three fingers to a faulty tool.
Settle out of court. I am no one's fool you probably knew.
There is plenty left to make a get a way.
I have spent enough nights in the Bluegrass State.
We could go somewhere where people stay up late, or just somewhere new.
Are you living the life you chose?
Are you living the life that chose you?
Are you taking the grown up dose?
Do you live with a man who knows you like I
thought I did back then?
But I guess I never did, did I, kid?
Here I am. inviting you to throw your life away
A victim of nostalgia, maybe tanqueray.
But just tonight, I realized I am still in your back seat.
And nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me.
Are you living the life you chose?
Are you living the life that chose you?
Are you taking the grown up dose?
Do you live with a man who knows you
like I thought I did back then?
But I guess I never did. Did I, kid?
NPR FRESH AIR
Isbell sings about meeting up with a woman
he used to be in love with
and now is mostly in love with the memory
of what they had together.
It's a song that's carefully packed with details
remembering what they used to drink
and what book she was reading,
admitting to living in nostalgia even as he genuinely wonders about the life she leads,
with the implication that he's not quite living the one he wanted.
It's a beauty of a song in an album filled with beauties.
One July night before the town went wet?
Jack and c**e in your manma's car.
You were reading 'The Bell Jar'
Where are you if you're are not on your own?
Always lonely, never quite alone.
Where's the Jesus that you swore you'd find?
After running the last line?
Are you living the life you chose?
Are you living the life that chose you?
Are you taking the grown up dose?
Do you live with a man who knows you
like I thought I did back then?
But I guess I never did, did I, kid?
I got lucky when I finished school.
Lost three fingers to a faulty tool.
Settle out of court. I am no one's fool you probably knew.
There is plenty left to make a get a way.
I have spent enough nights in the Bluegrass State.
We could go somewhere where people stay up late, or just somewhere new.
Are you living the life you chose?
Are you living the life that chose you?
Are you taking the grown up dose?
Do you live with a man who knows you like I
thought I did back then?
But I guess I never did, did I, kid?
Here I am. inviting you to throw your life away
A victim of nostalgia, maybe tanqueray.
But just tonight, I realized I am still in your back seat.
And nothing I've had since has meant a thing to me.
Are you living the life you chose?
Are you living the life that chose you?
Are you taking the grown up dose?
Do you live with a man who knows you
like I thought I did back then?
But I guess I never did. Did I, kid?
NPR FRESH AIR
Isbell sings about meeting up with a woman
he used to be in love with
and now is mostly in love with the memory
of what they had together.
It's a song that's carefully packed with details
remembering what they used to drink
and what book she was reading,
admitting to living in nostalgia even as he genuinely wonders about the life she leads,
with the implication that he's not quite living the one he wanted.
It's a beauty of a song in an album filled with beauties.