Where Is Safe

Got dressed early, doesn't look quite right But it's what I like to wear Mom looks worried, dad just smiles I hope I don't get too many stares School bell rings don't walk too fast Shuffle past the glare Keep my head up, words that sting Try hard not to care Velour shirt with big long collars My favorite corduroy High top vans and my favorite skateboard Guess I look like a boy All my life I just wanted hear, was be yourself without any fear Did the best I could to live my truth I just wanted to be safe could you - keep me safe, where is safe? Where is safe? Where is safe? Got out of high school and tried some college Made some friends, picked up lots courage Started a band then I found love But in the back of my head I knew I might not be safe, where is safe, could you keep safe, where is safe? Fifty years later and now I'm old The same hateful people are now making laws To keep kids like I was from being true To themselves to their hearts What are trans kids 'supposed to do? Where is safe, where is safe, could you keep us safe? Can't go to Florida, play sports with my friends Our own private Idaho, where does it end? Wrote off Alabama, and Texas (Not Austin) But where is, where is safe? Where is safe, can you keep us safe, can you keep us safe Where is safe, where is safe I want to be safe, I want to be safe