The String-Bo String Duo - Housie Life Lyrics

I hit that interstate when I was just 15
Hitched a ride with a trucker out of mid Missouri
Made my way to Venice beach
I saw folks busking there
Down on the street
I knew right away it was the life for me

I spent my teens and twenties living on the street
Playing music from city to city and
Getting wasted with the people I'd meet
Shooting drugs into my arm and
Getting wasted til the break of dawn
Those day have passed me by and now i'm living that housie life!

So what if I live in a house now
I was living that life before you could count
Smoking crack rocks down on the street
While you were sucking on your mammas teet
Shoplifting groceries to eat
Spanging up money for booze to drink
Hopping the wrong trains and
Ending up in the wrong place

I spent my teens and twenties living on the street
Playing music from city to city and
Getting wasted with the people I'd meet
Shooting drugs into my arm
And getting drink drunk until the break of dawn
But those days have passed me by, and now I'm living that housie life

I spent my teens and twenties living on the street
Playing music from city to city and
Drinking with the people I'd meet
Shooting drugs into my arm
And getting drink drunk until the break of dawn
But those days have passed me by, and now I'm living that housie life