there was a mistake at the hospital when i was a baby   & they sent me home with the wrong family   these people loved me a lot, but they never named me   everybody called me baby maybe       i can't believe, can't believe   there's so many things i'm supposed to act like i know   i can't believe, can't believe   there's so many things i'm supposed to act like i know   when i don't      i made a mistake when i told you the truth   reven after you asked me not to   but i decided the truth is more like a loose tooth   which bugged me til i pulled it out at the root      now who the hell knows, who the hell knows   what's going to grow in its place   now who the hell knows, who the hell knows   what's going to grow in its place   i sure don't      don't bully me, don't bully me   i'll answer you when i'm ready   cuz every answer you gave to me   was just sugar used to cover weak coffee      now i will marry a michael   i will marry a christopher   i will marry sarah and jonathan and jennifer   we'll all fall asleep, have one dream   & everybody will shout and scream      for all the girls with my same name   all the girls with my same name   for all the boys with my same name   all the girls with my same name   for freaks & queers with my same name   for kids in the library on a sunny day   for everybody who ever takes   the empty hand the fire escape   for all the girls with my same name   all the girls with my same name