Biography:
Mary Gauthier (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1962) is an American country and folk singer/songwriter. Given up at birth by a mother she never knew, Mary was adopted. At age 15, she ran away from home and stole her parents' car, and spent the next several years in detox, halfway houses, and living with friends; she spent her 18th birthday in jail. These experiences provided fodder for her songwriting later on (particularly her song "Drag Queens in Limousines").
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[Verse]
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
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
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