This song should really be sung by a woman. This song is about a runaway who owes her landlord arrears in rent, and had to pay him with her body.
Stan loves music, is published (EMI/Capitol), and has experience performing on radio and TV when it was live in the good old days. These days he's just writing
Songwriter of pop, country, inspirational songs. I like to write. I travel a lot to Asia...so my music may have an Asian influence.
Lyrics
This Life Of Mine
© July 6, 2013 Stan Loh
Verse 1
C
Nothing that I say,
Fm
Will melt his stone,
C
Flew out with the wind,
Ab
Now my fate unknown,
Bb C
Oh each plea is made for dreams,
G G7
I repay with love, then my debt is free …
C
Tonight we meet,
Fm
At a posh hotel,
C Fm
For a sensual spell, my soul I’ll sell,
C CMaj7 A7 Am
This life of mine is a vicious game,
Fm
With fancy clothes and branded shoes,
Fm
Neon lights and pawn shop blues,
C Am G G7 C
Oh his world is fine, but mine … mine is doomed.
Bridge
Ab
Oh my life ain’t mine, can’t control my time,
C A7
I’m trapped in a circle that never ends,
Am
Tomorrow’s doomed,
Fm
In dingy rooms,
C A7
My body’s spent, my spirit’s bent,
Am Fm C
It never ends, never ends, never ends …
Verse 2
C
Do I have a choice?
Fm
I ran from home,
C
I cry without a voice,
Ab
I cry alone,
Bb C
When it’s cold I dry my tears,
G G7
And force a smile, rent in arrears …
C
Can’t disguise my name,
Fm
Can’t leave a trail,
C Fm
For the landlord’s goons pull fingernails,
C CMaj7 A7 Am
He’s got my number, my keys, my room,
Fm
Tonight’s his night, I’ll look alright,
Fm
Dance till four, all around the floor,
C Am G G7 C
Oh his world is fine, but mine … mine is doomed.
