arthur durkee - who we were (dance with us) lyrics
in 1969, h0m+s+xual acts were illegal in every state except illinois
you get careless, next thing you know
you have silver bracelets on both wrists
you could be beaten
you could lose memory from the beating
you could end up in a wheelchair
that happened
we were called the twilight people
we only came out at night
we laughed to hide our pain, our frustration, our rage
we came to rеalize all our feelings of oppression are rеal
eventually, something was bound to blow
a hot night on the streets of greenwich village
a scruffy little mafia+run dive bar filled with the city’s rejects
a shot glass heard ‘round the world
a brick through the window of our hearts
the bar was a dump
two dingy dark rooms
but a safe place to hang
when the streets are your home
when we couldn’t show love
outside in the streets
we could slow dance all night
find love on our feet
we could dance in the dark
packed in like sardines
it was our part of town
our mecca, our scene
we had mostly lost souls
but everybody was there
we were all kinds of people
a real rainbow affair
dance with us at the stonewall inn
dance with us for your life
dance with us in the midnight street
we’re gonna make a revolution!
feeding coins in the jukebox
homeless kids getting warm
black and brown men wanting romance
dancing like we were home
the homeless and the hustlers
the rent boys and the dregs
the puerto rican macho
and the girls who show some leg
they called all us ‘drag queens’
there was no better name
the nice one called us ‘ladies’
it wasn’t just a game
stand with us at the stonewall inn
stand with us for your lives
fight with us in the midnight street
we’re gonna make a revolution!
we were street kids living poor
white men from the south
pennsylvania dutch
museum people
boxers, butch dyk+s, bikers, wh0res
wall st. bankers
bakers, designers
college kids with closets
professors, punks
a medievalist
hustlers, brokers
party girls
everyone, everyone was there!
my name is maria
i’m a pre+op transs+xual
if i get arrested
my father will see me
wearing my mother’s dress
i’ve heard what happens
to queens in jail
take it from there!
my name is bobby
i live deep in the closet
if i get arrested, i’ll die
i’ll lose everything
my job, my home, my life
dance with us at the stonewall inn
dance with us for your life
dance with us in the midnight street
we’re gonna make a revolution!
we simmered all that summer
until our hearts were smoke
we had this deep down anger
stuffed deep inside we broke
we turned it on each other
such bitter prayers we spoke
one brick got thrown (a brick got thrown)
and suddenly we woke!
dance with us at the stonewall inn
stand with us for your lives!
fight with us in the midnight street
we’re gonna make a revolution!
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