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Bus​/​Skateboard

from Winter Joey by Kangaroo Boy

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i wanted to ride the bus
like all of the cool kids
on my street
bus 29 couldn't make it in time and my dad would take me

i just wanted a skateboard so i could play with the cool kids up the street
one day i fell on my bike skinned my knee up real good it was funny
got blood on my church pants
and my allowance bought me a new pair

one day out on the playground
i kissed megan in the loop
pecked her right on the cheek
my mom she asked me "what did you do?"
she told me i couldn't date her
she'd just be my good friend
then we got ice cream

i pulled on albie's tail
he scratched me on the cheek

i wanted to play basketball
like all of the cool kids on the team
had my iverson shirt, my elbow hurt, had the answers
coach said "life isn't easy, that he was sorry, that i was a good shooter"
he said "don't ever give up, please don't give up, next year you'll be bigger"

they asked me at church they asked me if i knew jesus and i said no
i raised my hand and we prayed, told me that god would make me white as snow
they wrote a date in my bible, told me that day would be my new start
i didn't want to go back, they told me the devil lived in the dark

one day at MJs my friend ben told me he was gay
didn't know what to say, drove home scared everything had changed
i didn't realize nothing happened, everything was still the same, i could still love him, he could still be my best friend
everything was okay

i wrote a song for the cool kids, the whole school took it as a joke
"somebody cut the volume, tell him he can't sing, you can be his hero"
"to be misunderstood, is to be great" is what my teacher said
"cut off your years, they're all afraid"

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from Winter Joey, released September 23, 2014

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"you've never lived until you've uploaded an E.P. in a burger king." kangaroo boy has lived. or apparently based upon his(or her) standards. not much is known about this creative marsupial but as of press time it's believed he is neither kangaroo nor boy but a collective, as in neurotic compilation of split personalities and varied artistic taste and direction. one direction. one Deeeee. ... more

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