Make me, make me sweat
til I'm wet, til I'm dry
but then wipe this tear from my eye
haven't even felt this warm in a long time
even out in the bright sunshine
in a lifetime of springtimes
I fall into your arms
with my heart pumpin' on
like a bubblin' dub track
like a garlicy hot tongue and lip smack
I did some contemplation
before we got down to this consecration
or maybe baby something in your kiss said
it was an impetous
for me to rethink this
If I love you
then I better get tested
make sure we are protected
I walk through the park
dressed like a question mark
Hark!
I hear my memory bark
in the back of my brain,
makn' me insane...
...like c**aine
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But how'm I gonna live my life if I'm positive?
Is it gonna be a negative?
How'm I gonna live my life if I'm positive?
Is it gonna be a negative?
but how'm I gonna live my life if I'm positive?
Dawned on me, it seemed to me
that this is unusual scenery
this red light greenery
make me feel kinda dreamery
thinkin' how I used to be
Arrive at the clinic
and walk through the front door
I take a nervous number
then I'm thinkin' some more
about all the time
that I neglected
makin sure that
I was protected
They took my blood
With an anonymous number
two weeks waitin' wonderin'
I shoulda done this a long time ago
a lot of excuses why I couldn't go
I know these things and these things I must know
'cause it's better to know than to not know!
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I go home to kick it
in my apartment
I try to give myself
a risk a**essment
the wait is what can really annoy ya
every single day is more paranoya
I'm readin' about how it gets transmitted
some behavior I must admit it
with who I slept with, and who they slept with,
who they, who they, who they slept with
when I think about life and immortality
what's the first thing I do if I'm H.I.V
I have a cry and tell my mother
get on the phone and call my past lovers
I never thought about infectin' anotha
the times that I said "Hmmm? Don't bother."
Was it really all that magic?
The times I didn't use a prophalactic
Would my whole life have to change?
or my whole life remained the same?
sometimes it makes me wanna shout!
all these things too hard to think about
a day to laugh, a day to cry
a day to live and a day to die
'til I find out, I may wonder
but I'm not gonna live my life six feet under
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