Goddamn HIV

My name is Michael Joe Alexandre
I've been a queer since the day I was born
My family, they don't say much to me
My heart knows their silence has scorn
My friends have been dying, all my best friends are dead
I walk around these days, with their picture in my head
Spending my time thinking 'bout some things they said
And I don't know what's happening to me, goddamn HIV

And I don't know what all of this means
I don't think it means what it seems

We used to party all night 'til the dawn
I can still see the boys with their tight leather on
In the downtown bars, where it always is night
I can hang with my friends and feel alright
I was 30 years old when the sickness first came
And it rode through my world like a wind-driven flame
Leaving ashes, memories, funerals, and pain
And I don't know what's happening to me, goddamn HIV

And I don't know what all this means
I don't think it means what it seems

When I was a boy, I'd get scared late at night
And my momma would come, and turn on the light
But there's nobody here with me tonight
And I don't know what's happening to me
Sometimes at dusk, I walk the train tracks
And I walk and I walk like I ain't coming back
I look at the sky so endless and black
Man I swear it's swallowing me
Goddamn HIV

Trivia about the song Goddamn HIV by Mary Gauthier

When was the song “Goddamn HIV” released by Mary Gauthier?
The song Goddamn HIV was released in 1997, on the album “Dixie Kitchen”.

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