I should have been poor white trash,
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But I had too much education.
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I would have been a long-hair,
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But it just refused to grow.
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I could have been president,
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But I had all the wrong relationships:
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Loose lips, juicy gossips, people I don't know.
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I should have been mother-of-the-year,
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But I forgot which end to paddle.
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I would have been a waitress,
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But I didn't hold my tongue.
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I could have been a desert guide,
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But I got bitten by a rattlesnake.
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Tough break, hope and heartache wasted on the young.
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Bridge:Oh, rock me easy.
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Roll me like a wave.
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Rock my soul in the bosom of the sea;
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There's nothing left to save.
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Meet you on the other side of the grave.
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I should have been Diamond Lil,
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But I'm a second-hand attraction.
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I would have learned my lessons,
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But I never had the class.
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I could have been poor white trash,
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But I'm a renegade reactionary:
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Wary, slightly scary with a heart of glass.
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Words and Music: Kathy Mar
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Copyright 1992 by Kathy Mar
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Shoulda
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| Kathy Mar |
