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[Verse 1]

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When I was a young girl like normal girls do
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I looked to a woman's love to help me get through
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I never needed any more than a feminine touch
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I hated the thought of kissing a man - it really was too much
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I did not drink, I did not smoke I did not say "god damn"
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I was polite, I was sensitive before I loved a man
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My family were proud of me and proud of what I am
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But then along came Lester and my tale of woe began


[Chorus]

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I spent my last ten dollars on birth control and beer
    G                                  D
My life was so much simpler when I was sober and queer
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But the love of a strong hairy man has turned my head I fear
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And made me spent my last ten bucks on birth control and beer


[Verse 2]

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It was June (June) 1983 when Mary Lou and I did part
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She said she loved another dyke my god, it broke my heart
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I was bitter and disillusioned to lose another girlfriend
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Lester came to work at Papa's store and decided to ease on in
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Before my last heartbreak well nothing made me more sick
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Than a hairy-chested, cheap double-breasted suited man with a hard dick
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I guess that I was curious I guess that I was young
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I guess it was that rum and coke, I guess that I was dumb


[Chorus]

   G                           C                 G
I spent my last ten dollars on birth control and beer
    G                                  D
My life was so much simpler when I was sober and queer
        G                              C
But the love of a strong hairy man has turned my head I fear
    C                G                 D                 G
And made me spent my last ten bucks on birth control and beer


[Verse 3]

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For of course, for a woman to love a man she must also love to booze
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If a woman don't drink beside her man then she will surely lose him
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As I sit in this hetero honky-tonk and reflect upon my past
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I think about those girlfriends and why they didn't last
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For there's certain thrills that lesbian love simply cannot supply
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Like paying for abortions from sperm gone awry
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And so I say to you my friends without this man I'd die
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So listen to my tell of woe and hang your head and cry


[Chorus]

   G                           C                 G
I spent my last ten dollars on birth control and beer
    G                                  D
My life was so much simpler when I was sober and queer
        G                              C
But the love of a strong hairy man has turned my head I fear
    C                G                 D                 G
And made me spent my last ten bucks on birth control and beer

   G                           C                 G
I spent my last ten dollars on birth control and beer
    G                                  D
My life was so much simpler when I was sober and queer
        G                              C
But the love of a strong hairy man has turned my head I fear
    C                G                 D                 G
And made me spent my last ten bucks on birth control and beer