Drag Queens In Limousines

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I Hated High school, I prayed it 
       C
would end.
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The jocks and their girls, it was 
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their world, I didn't fit in.
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Mama said, "Baby, it's the best 
                         Bb
school that money can buy,
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Be strong, hold your head up,  
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c'mon Mary, try."

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I stole mama's car on a Sunday and
                 C
 left home for good,
C                             
Moved in with my friends in the 
                         F
city, in a bad neighborhood.
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Charles was a dancer, he loved the
  Bb
 ballet,
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And Kimmy sold pot and read Keroac
           F
 and Hemmingway.

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Drag Queens in Limousines
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Nuns in blue jeans
             C
Dreamers with big dreams
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All took me in

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Charly and I flipped burgers to 
             C
cover the rent
C                                 
And Bourbons at Happy hour for .35
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 cents
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One day before work we got drunk 
                 Bb
and danced in the rain
     C                        
They fired us both, They said, 
                                  F
"Don't ya'll come back here again."

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Drag Queens in Limousines
        F
Nuns in blue jeans
             C
Dreamers with big dreams
           F
All took me in

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My daddy went to college, and he 
                    C
worked for the state
C                                 
He never quit nothing and he 
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wanted me to graduate.
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My brother and sister both play in
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 the marching band
     C                          
They tell me they miss me, but I 
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know they don't understand.
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Sometimes you got do, what you gotta
F
 do
     C                             
And pray that the people you love, 
                      F
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
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Actors and Bar Flys
              F
Writers with Dark Eyes
             C
Drunks that Philosophize
              F
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