Lyrics - One Of Us by Flirtations

(
Note: this segment is spoken.
The five of them describe eachother.)
Jon:
One of us was a
U.
S.
Army
MP.
Jimmy:
One of us came out of the closet at thirty-seven.
Cliff:
One of us went to his high school prom, but with his boyfriend.
Aurelio:
One of us was a high school cross-country champion.
Michael:
And one of us
WAS a high school cross-dresser, and it
WASN'
T
ME.
Jon:
One of us coached high school wrestling.
Jimmy:
As teenagers, two of us attempted suicide.
Cliff:
All except one of us are single, and available!
Michael:
And bitter... and desperate!
Jon:
I only date pro-feminist men, so it kinda, you know, narrows it down.
Michael:
That's why you're so lonely!
Jon:
I know!
Jimmy:
One of us believes that size matters.
Jon:
And four of them are
LYING.
Aurelio:
One of us ran away from home at the age of fourteen.
Cliff:
Two of us have been repeatedly arrested for civil disobedience.
Aurelio:
One of us had a former girlfriend who died of
AIDS as the result of a blood transfusion.
Michael:
One of us is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
Jon:
One of us was fag-bashed with a two-by-four.
Jimmy:
One of us has been living with
AIDS for ten years.
Michael:
And he's
TIRED of it!

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