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F C
I Hated High school, I prayed it would end.
C F
The jocks and their girls, it was their world, I didn't fit in.
F Bb
Mama said, "Baby, it's the best school that money can buy,
C F
Be strong, hold your head up, c'mon Mary, try."
F C
I stole mama's car on a Sunday and left home for good,
C F
Moved in with my friends in the city, in a bad neighborhood.
F Bb
Charles was a dancer, he loved the ballet,
C F
And Kimmy sold pot and read Keroac and Hemmingway.
F Bb
Drag Queens in Limousines
F
Nuns in blue jeans
C
Dreamers with big dreams
F
All took me in
F C
Charly and I flipped burgers to cover the rent
C F
And Bourbons at Happy hour for .35 cents
F Bb
One day before work we got drunk and danced in the rain
C F
They fired us both, They said, "Don't ya'll come back here again."
F Bb
Drag Queens in Limousines
F
Nuns in blue jeans
C
Dreamers with big dreams
F
All took me in
F C C F F Bb C F
F C
My daddy went to college, and he worked for the state
C F
He never quit nothing and he wanted me to graduate.
F Bb
My brother and sister both play in the marching band
C F
They tell me they miss me, but I know they don't understand.
Dm Bb F
Sometimes you got do, what you gotta do
C F
And pray that the people you love, will catch up with you.
F Bb
Drag Queens in Limousines
F
Nuns in blue jeans
C
Dreamers with big dreams
F
Poets and AWOL marines
F Bb
Actors and Bar Flys
F
Writers with Dark Eyes
C
Drunks that Philosophize
F
These are my friends