Rural Faggot Lyrics - Amy Ray

You ride your John Deere down to the pond 

Just to watch me struggle along. 

You say you got your daddy's seed in you 

And you think you're bored with anything there is to do with me. 

You wipe your hands across your bare chest 

And rub your fingers through your crew cut hair. 

"Expelled from school," you tell me with a grin, 

"I copped a feel from an ex-girlfriend." 

I know you want to break the rules- 

We were made by nature's fools. 

And so you ride all day long, all by yourself, 

'Til you feel strong- 

Strong enough to stay 

Strong enough to be 

Standing in the way 

Of everything I see. 

You wanna know why I had to go 

Down to the baseball park to see you blow it. 

All the balls just fall from your hands, 

And your daddy asks me, When is he gonna be a man?" 

I know you want to change the truth- 

We were made by nature's fools. 

So you ride all night long 

With your boys in those muscle cars. 

And you go down to the city 

And laugh at the faggots 

Until the girls look pretty and until you feel strong- 

Strong enough to stay 

Strong enough to be 

Standing in the way 

Of everything that you could see. 

I'm just a magnet for the rural faggots. 

They come and knock on my door 

Just to find they're running out of time 

To figure out what they come here for. 

I know you want to know the truth 

And I'm the dyke who will give it to you. 

By this time next year 

you'll know you're queer 

It'll all be okay 

It'll all be clear 

And you'll run away from home 

But not to be alone 

And you'll go down to the city 

Where the boys are pretty 

And where you feel strong 

Strong enough to stay 

Strong enough to be