Someone just posted these lyrics to the LJ folkfans community and I found them touching.
Honest World
(Catie Curtis)
When I was 19
I broke up with my first girlfriend
Because of a guy down the hall
Who was a Christian
He said, “I look at you
I can see you don’t want to lie
And if you stay with her
Your whole life, you’re gonna have to hide”
And I believed him, so I let her go
And I cried my eyes out in my room alone
And he would come by with a Bible
Until I shut the door
And decided I wasn’t gonna lie to myself anymore
Someday we’ll all be free
I can feel it, it’s our destiny
Someday I believe
Love will make an honest world for me
It took a long time to find you
I knew right away
I was gonna want to spend my life with you
We took our wedding vows
We had our wedding night
We had everything except the legal right
So we jumped the broom
Like plantation slaves would do
‘Cause they couldn’t marry under the Master’s rules
But someday we’ll all be free
I can feel it, it’s our destiny
Someday they’ll see the truth
And I will make an honest woman of you
There’s a baby being born
Somewhere in the world
Who’s gonna need us
As much as we’re gonna need her
And we will board the plane
And we’re gonna bring her home
And that’s how we’ll make a little family of our own
But the documents will leave off one of our names
Like one of us cut right from the picture frame
But someday we’ll all be free
I can feel it, it’s our destiny
Someday I trust
Love will make an honest world for us
Today, I believe
Love has made an honest woman of me
