Hide and Seek

Me and all the kids from the neighbourhood

We'd play out in the street all summer long

Rule was we had to go home at night

When the street lights came on

We were oblivious to the rest of the world

And we'd hold up the cars in the street

Yeah, we'd always play boys against girls

And both sides would cheat

Strange men would stop their cars at the curb

Say, "Hey sweetheart come here"

And I'd go up to the window

And they'd have their dick out in their hands

With a sick little sneer

I'd say,"Here we go again!

Yeah, ok this time you win"

And I would feel dirty, I'd feel ashamed

But I wouldn't let it stop my game

We would play 'hide and go seek'

Territory would be the whole block

Sometimes the older boys when they'd find you

They wouldn't want to tag you, they'd just want to talk

They'd say "What would you do for a quarter?

Come on, we don't have that much time"

And I'd think a minute and I'd say

"Ok, give me the quarter first, fine"

This time you win

Here we go again!

And I would feel dirty and I would feel ashamed

But I wouldn't let it stop my game

I remember my first trip alone on the Greyhound bus

A man who put his hands on me as soon as night fell

And I remember when I was leavin' how excited I was

And I remember when I arrived, I didn't feel so well

I remember the teacher at school got me so sick and scared

I went into the bathroom and threw up in my hair

And I could go on, but you know, it just gets worse

And I could probably stop there

Girl, next time he wants to know

What your problem is

Girl, next time he wants to know

Where the anger comes from

Just tell him this time the problem's his

Tell him the anger just comes

It just comes