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Introduction:
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I was born in 1974
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on a calm meticulous street
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someplace in the sun
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oh the air was sweet
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and enough lights sprang sparks
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through the window of the room
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not as raw to a ridiculous tune
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slightly out of key in the mother hour
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So leave me alone
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I'm busy breaking bones
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I was born in 1974
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in a breached feet-first way
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my twin opened the door
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my very first dose of chivalry
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I was dawned princess potential potent
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with gold star and matching impression
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big between two doors
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small and loved and proud and unthreatened
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So leave me alone
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I'm busy breaking bones
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I bet you were strong
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when you should have been weak
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like a dam that wanted to break
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I wish I were the stones
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your river learned to roam
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in whispering gaze
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You were told in a kind North Carolinian way
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to slow down, back up, or be hated
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thank god you did not
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and thank god you did
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an angel either way
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So leave us alone
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We're busy being grown
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November 5, 8:17 PM
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Scorpio and a gem
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June 1st, 9:39 AM
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Gemini and a lullaby