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We'd known each other since we were ten years old
Couldn't feel the cold
Growing up in Texas
Football
Going to see the Dicks and the Big Boys
Our identities ran parallel for thirteen years
Then the changes came
I can't explain but
Confusion, challenge and fear
Many things they taught us
Work for you but not for me
So much pain, unanswered questions
High school's all about sex and violence
I was the antithesis and the target
A reason for kids to be hateful and violent
Because I'm gay this was hard for you
The other kids put pressure on you
To move away from me
Ostracize me
I hoped that you wouldn't patronize me
Why can't they accept me just for what I am?
I'm not the elephant man
They act as though this is some choice I made
You say that I'm unnatural
My sex is against your religion
But how's it a bigger sin
Than trying to make some woman suck your kids?
Eighteen years old in a far away city
But I'm not alone
I've got convictions
Love and life
But you gotta be strong
I wrote you a letter
And I never expected it to be returned
Hatred is something that will never leave
But from ignorance you've got to learn
If we want equality we've gotta open our eyes
Hate is rationalized
It cannot be justified
Struggle
Struggle
We're your brothers, we're your sisters, we're your sons, we're
Your daughters, we're your best friends, we're your neighbors
We're people you've never seen before, people you see all the time
I'd like to thank the consolidation for promoting
Queer peace, gays and lesbians, dykes, fags, everything
No one can be really happy with himself
Unless he feels free to be himself
Everybody out there, you gotta rally around the gay, lesbian