AJJ (Andrew Jackson Jihad) - Small red boy

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^AmI found a small red ^Eboy inside my ^Amtummy ^E7 With ^Cthree dollars in c^Ghange and a Milky Wa^Cy Lite In my ^Eoccasional pursuit to find something more ^Ammeaningful Than^F yet another word that rhymes with^G die I ^Amcut him out and ^Eput him on my ^Amtable ^E7 His ^Cshallow breathing ^Gchest would fall and ^Crise His '^ESouth of Heaven' shirt was way too ^Ambig for him His ^Fhorns were long and sharp and then he^G opened up those eyes that said "I ^Cam, I am, I ^Gam, I am the ^Amtruth." ^Am

I ^Amshowered him with ^Elove and adul^Amation ^{E7 C}One day he was ^Gjust as tall as ^Cme I ^Eshowed him all the books that I was ^Amraised on Your ^FMadeleine L'Engle and D'Au^Glaires' Mythologies And in a ^Ammontage that could ^Ewarm the heart of ^AmHitler ^E7 I ^Craised him up so ^Gproud and mothe^Crly I ^Eswore that I was glancing in a ^Ammirror When in the ^Flanguage that I taught him, oh god, ^Ghe began to speak, he said "I ^Cam, I am, I ^Gam, I am the ^Amtruth" "I ^Cam, I am, I ^Gam, I am the ^Amtruth" ^Am

And his ^Feyes became a beacon, an^G LCD projector Broadc^Easting all my memories in a cl^Fear and vivid picture His ^Ftongue became a staircase, his ^Guvula -- the knocker Of an ^Eornate wooden door that led me ^Fstraight into my future His ^Fthroat became a hallway with a t^Ghousand baby pictures And ^EI became forgiveness, I trans^Fformed into the closure that I lost ^F When I learned about ^Gthe tragedy of all of us I ^Elost it when I learned about the ^Ftragedy of all of us In^Fcorrigible illness in the ^Gloved ones hiddenn out of us I ^Elost it when I learned about the ^Ftragedy of all of us I ^Fwalked through the hallways to a ^Groom of only mirrors ^EReflecting me in bondage so I ^Fwatched myself get freer I ^Flet my horns grow longer I o^Gbserved my skin get redder My ^Amsoul became a hammer I s^Ctarted to feel better My ^Fhatred to turned to pity My ^Gresentment blossomed flowers My ^Cbitter tasting ca^Endy My ^Ammisery was po^Gwer The ^Ftruth in me grew brighter My ^Gnature and my nurture No more ^Cshame No more ^Gfear No more ^Amdread I ^Fam, I am, I ^Gam, I am the ^Ctruth.