I didn't have a date for my high school prom because nobody asked to take me
i didn't
have a date
for my high school prom
in fact i didn't have a
a formal or decent
evening dress to wear
for that matter
the fellas said they like me
but they don't look at me like
they look at other girls
that means no dates for me
but they don't look at me like
they look at other girls
that means no dates for me
i'm one of the boys
i'm not gay or anything like that
i just like telling dirty jokes
and playing the dozens
you know . . . .
talking about each others mama
and other kinfolk
the fellas
that didn't
ask me to the prom
said i have a
good sense of humor
and a cute smile
the girls at school talk about
me behind my back
when they hear my name
they say:
"That girl? She'll do and
say anything. She's something else!"
they were so prissy and phony
they really envied me
cause i'm not scared
to be myself
i don't have to be prissy and
cute to be popular
with the fellas
that didn't ask me to the prom
sometimes the girls surround
me in the bathroom
cause they want me to
teach them to play
the dozens
they want to curse
like me and the fellas
"It's got to come natural"
i told them
i could tell they were jealous
watching me have all the fun
they were such hot tailed, prissy girls
the fellas that didn't ask me to the prom
said these girls will drop
their panties at the flip
of a cap
any boy's cap
the easy girls
like the fellas
didn't see through my
happy-go-lucky humor
they didn't see it was
a cover up to hide the hurt
underneath my teenage heart
there were days i didn't want to
laugh, tell dirty jokes or play the dozens
i wanted to sit and talk about
serious things like what boys
tell girls when they're on the dance floor
dancing closer than
grown folk told them not to
i wanted the fellas to talk about
love and sex and what it meant to them
on day i asked them: "Y'all really like
those silly girls, or y'all just want to
get in their panties?"
they told me: "Yeah. But you a good girl."
the fellas that didn't
ask me to the prom
told me to keep my legs closed
on day i asked them: "Y'all really like
those silly girls, or y'all just want to
get in their panties?"
they told me: "Yeah. But you a good girl."
the fellas that didn't
ask me to the prom
told me to keep my legs closed
cause i'm one of the fellas
i don't cry or act like
a sentimental girl
cause then they'll
kick me out the circle
so i'll kept on telling dirty jokes
playing the dozens
and showing the fellas
i have a cute smile
and a good sense of humor
copyrighted by dorothy charles banks
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