Hide And Seek lyrics

Artist  : Ani Difranco 
Song : Hide And Seek
 


Me and all the kids from the
neighboorhood--
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.
Ohh...
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
hand
with a sick little sneer.
And 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,
and the man who put his hands
on me to see where his knife fell
and I
remember when I left 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
so I think I'll
stop there...
Girl, next time he wants to
know
what your problems 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.