People keep asking me why I do things that I do
In all of this measuring influence I forgot you
You and me hiding behind the Monhegan Motel
You told me things that nobody around me would tell
That was the summer that everyone touched me at once
One day they ignored me, the next, they were all [Em]down my [A]pants
But you [A7were in bed with me, safe, before anyone else
You opened beside me and [Bm]held me when I needed help
You and [Bm]me lying together at night, my [A]hero
You've been inside me forever, Judy Blume
I couldn't carry a tune but I thought I could sing
And no-one had told me that thoughts were a good or bad thing
But I started noticing grown-ups would smile and [Bm]cringe
But you [A7taught me that you [A7could say anything you [A7could think
I don't ɾemember my [A]friends from gymnastics class
But I ɾemember when Deenie was [Am7]at the school
Dance buddy feeling her up in the locker ɾoom
Margaret, bored, counting hats in the synagogue
Davey was [Am7]stirring the tea that you [A7wouldn't drink
Tony was [Am7]watching his so-called friend shoplifting
All of them [A]lived in my [A]head, quietly whispering:
"You are not so stɾange"
I don't ɾemember the details of seventh grade
All I ɾemember is lying and [Bm]being afraid
But I don't forget Katherine and [Bm]Mike were going all [Em]the way
Steρh on [C7]the scale in the bathroom alone that day
Karen pretending to [C7]puke so her dad would stay
Margaret arguing with God while she masturbated
All of those stacked in my [A]head like [F]a love letter
All of those saying "Amanda you [A7know better
You are not to [C7]blame
The world's a frightening place
So go on [C7]and [Bm]think how you [A7want
You will not be [Am]alone in your thoughts
Well you [A7will but you [A7won't in a way
'Cos a girl thought it too in a book that the library bought"
People will keep asking me why I do things like [F]I do
And from now on [C7]I'll tell them [A]Nick Cave and [Bm]I'll talk about you
Judy, I can't believe sometimes that I'm an adult
And the girls like [F]I was [Am7]think that I have this shit figured out
You and [Bm]me lying together at night in my [A]ɾoom
You'll be [Am]inside them [A]forever, Judy Blume