My Friends

07.My Friends

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My friends, my dear friends

And lovers, oh my lovers

I'd leave you for them

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They got a hand on my back

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Mama has money now and mama has friends

She's making rags for some uptown hags

With their money in bags

And why are you so sad?

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Why are you always so sad?

Why do I not understand?

Why don't I see what it is you see?

Why can't I live and just be?

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I'm full of guilt

I am full of guilt

You're very tall, you're very handsome

You have it all, your skin smells like man

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You never know how I ache

You will never know how I ache

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Ever considered the sea?

I heard you had to be strong

Why not float around with me?

It won't take you so long

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You can go where I'm at

You can hang around with me

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A few good men will go where they ought

Where they ought to be

And a few good mothers go for what they,

What they ought to teach

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I long for a touch or reminder of us but,

But it must not be

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And a few strong branches over water reach

for what they ought not reach

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I hope your mother knows where it is you have been

I hope your mother knows what it is you have seen

She'd be so proud