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This song was inspired by the Gay Pride parade in Portland, Oregon
lyrics
Not an Easy Crown
Some folks they see in colour, everything’s rainbows
And some folks they see the same things in black and white
Some folks they see the strangest things I’ve never seen at all
Some folks they see in wrong and right
To the streets of this town for a day to be proud we have come now
Looking tough, looking strong, all looking for love just like me
We scream and we shout, we demand to be counted
For our love the right to marry
Oh but we cheer the loudest for Pflag and their families
Coz they know love, it’s not the gold in a wedding ring
But in the sign that says “I love my son as he is, wouldn’t change a single thing”
So put on your dancing shoes, put on your favourite dress
Take daddy’s hand, tell him to stand with the rest
Don’t have to carry a sign, at least not this time
Just come be romanced, see the colours dance all through the lines
Some folks they built gardens, some folks they build empires
In the name of love they’ve built armies and coliseums
Now someone’s built a cross and brought it here to tell us
God’s kingdom will not know our dreams
Oh but I think they’re wrong, coz look ma now here come the queens
And they know love, it’s not an easy crown
Oh but look ma how love has brought us the best damned parade in town
So put on your dancing shoes, put on your favourite dress
Take daddy’s hand, tell him to stand with the rest
Don’t have to carry a sign, at least not this time
Just come be see how love it bleeds all through the lines
Now the lights in this city shine bright and they shine all night
But they’re not like the lights that shone out over our town
But these lamps that we build to illumine the darkness
Blind us to so much that we are
Well I’ve needed those lights, but I think now that I need the stars
Coz they help me see God as a sculptress and this world as her work of art
And that which don’t fit in our heads must belong to our hearts
You know I’d forgotten I used to think one day I’d marry
Though not to that boy you thought I should like from our town
You said he was quiet like me, I said you were crazy
And you said with my attitude I would end up alone
Well ain’t it funny how life come to change us and tell us
That love won’t wear our Sunday best
Coz look ma now here come that boy that you liked
And I believe that’s a wedding dress
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