i am samantha chords by Benjamin scheuer
Intro 1
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In
Verse 1
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Glenfield,
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the first female cop was my mom,
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conservative, tough to dads,
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liberal cop.
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Before I was born,
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Mom and Dad thought they'd
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call me Samantha.
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Then when I got home,
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the certificate came,
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With my suitable, masculine,
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Biblical name.
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Though I tried to explain,
they did not seem to hear,
I am Samantha.
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I am Samantha.
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I I am Samantha,
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I am Samantha
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I'm married, I move to New York,
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I study writing
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We never have sex,
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and we're constantly fighting
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I go to the church,
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filled with shame, and
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And that I keep my legs shaved
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in case there's a day
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I can go out at last as myself
And they tell me to pray,
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and they send me to counseling
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to kill off Samantha
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But I am Samantha
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I am Sam
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I can no longer feel,
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I can no longer write
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I leave a note, but I'm found alive
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And taken to Harlem
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through flickering light
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Oh, Samantha
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Oh, Samantha
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I go back to Glenfield and say what
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till now was unsaid to them
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mom breaks down crying and hugs me
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and dad says I'm dead to him
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I've lost a lot to have made it this far
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I am not broken, or bad, or bizarre
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When you have kids,
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you can't choose who they are
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I'm Samantha, always Samantha
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I am Samantha
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I am Samantha
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I am Samantha
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I am Samantha
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I signed the paper,
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the beautiful paper
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Samantha, Samantha
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It says I'm Samantha
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I am Samantha
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i am samantha
Benjamin Scheuer
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