i learnt to drive to school when i was sixteen and i was happy with my friends and we skipped class for time to breathe we learnt about the stars and the trees i cried when i found kissing boys wasn t for me so i tried every trick in the book i tried talking to the pretty boys and changed the way i looked but wearing dresses to impress just left me lonely and upset and the boys could tell when i looked at her i wasn t interested in them it s not worth hiding if you got something to say and it s not worth smiling if you re feeling in pain and it s not worth hiding if you think you might be gay or different in another way you re perfect just the same i opened the paper and it left me in shame it said these contagious gays aren t safe and you should keep your kids away but i grew older and bolder and my friends caught on slowly nineteen and we re through all the way to my shoulders we sang it s not worth hiding if you got something to say and it s not worth smiling if you re feeling in pain and it s not worth hiding if you think you might be gay or different in another way you re perfect just the same so tell me anyone if you love them as a daughter could you love them as a son we all smile at different faces we all blush at different names but holding someone s hand should never make you feel ashamed  your story might not be at all like mine i don t mean to simplify that should be in your own voice in your own time but the cages that they ve made us should soon just rust away and this song just won t need singing but for now i ll let it play it s not worth hiding if you got something to say and it s not worth dying for the people who don t smile at your name it s not worth lying if you re feeling in pain and it s not worth hiding if it s happiness that could be on your way1