One Of Us Lyrics & Chords By The Flirtations

(Note: this segment is spoken.
The five of them describe eachother.
)Jon: One of us was a U.
S. Army MP.Jimmy: One of us came out of the closet
at thirty-seven.Cliff: One of us went to his high
school prom, but with his boyfriend.
Aurelio: One of us was a high school cross-country
champion.Michael: And one of us WAS a high school
cross-dresser, and it WASN'T ME.
Jon: One of us coached high school wrestling.
Jimmy: As teenagers, two of us attempted suicide.Cliff:
All except one of us are single,
and available! Michael: And bitter.
. and desperate! Jon: I only date pro-feminist
men, so it kinda, you know,
narrows it down.Michael: That's why you're
so lonely! Jon: I know!
Jimmy: One of us believes that size matters.
Jon: And four of them are LYING.
Aurelio: One of us ran away from home at the age of
fourteen.Cliff: Two of us have been repeatedly arrested
for civil disobedience.
Aurelio: One of us had a former girlfriend who died
of AIDS as the result of a blood transfusion.Michael:
One of us is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.
Jon: One of us was fag-bashed with a two-by-four.Jimmy:
One of us has been living with AIDS for ten years.Michael:
And he's TIRED of it!