Tennessee

	  		

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i was on my lunch break; i almost started crying / for the boy at the top of the bridge 
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he didn't jump, but if he had, he wouldn't be the only one / who thought that he had to give in 


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   and you said you didn't have it all that bad / and i said i didn't have it all that bad 


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but i snuck off to parking lots and playgrounds after dark / my parents' basement while they were 
 asleep 
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i didn't talk with a lisp; i dressed like all the straight boys did / i didn't talk about who i had 
 kissed 


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   and now you don't really have it all that bad /    and now i don't really have it all that bad 

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but i don't kiss you at the grocery store / and i don't kiss you at the library 
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i don't kiss you at the rest stop off the interstate / and i don't kiss you at my parents' 
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 house when they are not asleep 


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i was on my lunch break; i almost started crying / ?cause it really does get better if you wait 
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and there are times now when i still feel afraid / but gone are the times when i feel ashamed 


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and so for all the kids that really have it pretty bad / for all the kids that never had the chance 


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maybe i should kiss you at the grocery store / and maybe i should kiss you at the library 
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maybe i should kiss you at my parents' house / and maybe i should kiss you at the movies 
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maybe i should kiss you when we go out to dinner / and maybe i should kiss you every night before i 

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and maybe i should kiss you at the rest stop off the interstate on the border of georgia and tennessee 


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