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