Choices

from No Dial Tone by Ben Hughes

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I didn't choose to be me
I can't control the way I am
there's no religion or philosophy that can make me a better man,
so what choice do I have?

I can't control where I go
I can't even follow this road
girl, you're the closest thing I've got to a map,
but I don't know east from west, so what choice is the best?

I didn't choose to be born
I didn't choose to be a man
I didn't choose to be given a death sentence by God,
but what choice do I have?

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from No Dial Tone, released February 10, 2015

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Ben Hughes New Jersey

"...channels musicians like Elliott Smith, Bright Eyes, and Sufjan Stevens, as on Hughes’ previous releases. But this record immediately calls to mind Pedro the Lion’s Control, with its deep-voiced chords and melodies, lyrical themes of corporate hell, and Hughes’ slurring voice. It could stand as a complimentary album to Control just as well as it stands on its own."

-Nick Tate, WXPN
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