Me and the other kids from the neighborhood
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We played out on the street all summer long
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Rule was, we had to go home at night when the street lights came on.
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We were oblivious to the rest of the world
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And we'd hold up the cars in the street
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And we'd always play boys against girls, and both sides would cheat.
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Strange men would stop their cars at the curb
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And say, "Hey, Sweetheart, come here."
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I'd go up to the window and they'd have their dick out in their hand
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And a sick little sneer.
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I'd say, "Here we go again.
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Yeah, OK, this time you win."
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And I'd feel dirty, I'd feel ashamed
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But I wouldn't let it stop my game.
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We would play Hide and Go Seek
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And territory would be the whole block
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Sometimes the older boys, when they'd find you
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They wouldn't want to tag you, they'd just wanna "talk."
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They'd say "What would you do for a quarter?
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Come on, we don't have much time."
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Then I'd think for a minute and say,"OK, give me the quarter first..fine."
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This time you win
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Here we go again
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And I would feel dirty and I'd feel ashamed
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But I wouldn't let it stop my game.
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I remember my first trip alone on the Greyhound bus
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A man put his hands on me as soon as night fell
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I remember when I was leaving, how excited I was
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I remember when I arrived, I didn't feel so well.
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I remember a teacher in school that got me so sick, so scared
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That I went into the bathroom and threw up in my hair
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And I could go on and on, it just gets worse
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And I should probably stop.
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Girl, next time he wants to know what your problem is
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Girl, next time he wants to know where the anger comes from
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Just tell him this time the problem's his
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Tell him the anger just comes
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It just comes.
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Hide & Seek (IS the Zygote Song!!)
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| Ani DiFranco |
