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I remember in my younger years |
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Walking to the city pool |
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Got yelled at, called a faggot |
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From this kid I knew in school |
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His dad, and dad before him |
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Lived outside of town |
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With a lack of education |
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And the options weren't around |
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Sometimes I'd see that boy in class |
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With bruises on his eyes |
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Red and pretty swollen |
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Tears tangled up in pride |
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Repeating memorized rhetoric |
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About it being God's way |
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If I don't follow the Good Book |
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There'd be some hell to pay |
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I don't blame you how you turned out |
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A habit's hard to break |
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You were born into what you became |
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And I was born this way |
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I can try to show compassion |
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Before you take that shot |
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Out here in the open |
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Whether I like it or not |
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Driving back from a party |
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With friends on a Saturday night |
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I slowed down to a wreckage |
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In the coldest part of night |
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That boy who called me faggot |
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Lie bleeding, almost dead |
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He wrecked that truck from drinking |
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And the windshield met his head |
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Well I pulled him from the driver seat |
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Said help is on its way |
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Put my hand up upon his chest |
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And said it'll be okay |
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When he focused on my likeness |
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I could see it in his eyes |
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Everything he'd been taught to hate |
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Would finally save his life |
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And the irony about this |
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I told him with a smile |
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Your God must work in stranger ways |
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Than your heart will allow |
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He caught his breath between the tears |
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His eyes bloodshot and dim |
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His rebel-flag, tattooed hand |
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Holding mine to his |
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He said please don't blame me for how I turned out |
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I learned a little late |
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I was born into what I became |
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And you were born this way |
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I can try to show compassion |
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That might be all I've got |
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Out here in the open |
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Whether I like it or not |
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(Instrumental Outro) |
