Life In Hate Nation

[JUDITH]
There may be L-O-V-E outside
But in here? It's nothing but H-A-T-E

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Hate nation, let me tell ya ‘bout it
Hate nation, from a cell we shout it

Life in hate nation: a sad situation
For girls like us
Alright alright alright

For girls like us

[JUDITH]
Somebody gimme a light

[DOROTHY, spoken]
Suzie, I am Dorothy Donaldson

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Dorothy Donaldson

[DOROTHY, spoken]
A happy Southern homemaker through and through

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[RAT, spoken]
She’s a criminal mimic. They locked her up for doing impersonations of Hoboken businessmen over the phone. I am Brenda Ratowski

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Brenda Ratowski

[RAT, spoken]
Nickname: Rat. Brooklyn born and raised. That is until I got nailed for theft

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
What did you steal?

[RAT, spoken]
You writin' a book?

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[Pipes clink]

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
What was that?

[KITTY, spoken]
The pipes. The building is falling apart. Literally

[RAT]
The ceiling’s crackin’
And it’s full of mold
And it’s quite nerve wrackin'
Cuz the structure’s old

[YA-YA]
When a door close

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, JUDITH, YA-YA]
Huh!

[YA-YA]
It make the whole room shake

[DOROTHY]
And the floor goes

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Boom-sh-boom rattle rattle quake

[KITTY]
And they runnin' outta bread
And the end is near
Most the other girls fled
We're the last ones here

[YA-YA]
Not a great scene

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
In the joint, but it'll do

[YA-YA]
'Till we eighteen

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
At which point, it's toodle loo

[KITTY]
Then we out in the world
Its own kind of curse

[DOROTHY]
Where it never gets better

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
It only gets worse, gets worse

Hate nation, let me tell ya ‘bout it
Hate nation, this is hell, don’t doubt it

Life in hate nation, there’s no reparation
For girls like us
Alright alright alright

For girls like us

[KITTY]
Somebody gimme a light

[KITTY, spoken]
Hola! I'm Kitty Minx

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, RAT, YA-YA]
Kitty Minx

[KITTY, spoken]
Yes!

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, RAT, YA-YA]
Her name is Kitty Minx

[KITTY, spoken]
That's my name. When speaking to me you may call me Kitty. When speaking about me you may call me she or her

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[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Who is she?

[JUDITH, spoken]
Who is she?

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Judith Ramone

[JUDITH]
Judith Ramone

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Judith Ramone

[JUDITH]
Judith Ramone got no patience for the new girls!

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
All the rumors about her are true

[JUDITH]
Judith Ramone got no patience for the new girls
And least of all you!

[JUDITH, spoken]
And before ya ask, the reason I'm in here is I cut a guy's dick off. So don't try anything. And don't ask about my eye

[YA-YA, spoken]
Judith is my best friend

[JUDITH, spoken]
No, I ain't

[YA-YA]
My name is Gloria Mee...

[Mumbling]

[YA-YA]
My name is Gloria Mee...

[More mumbling]

[YA-YA, spoken]
(Please)

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Her / my name is Gloria Meeks, Gloria Meeks

[YA-YA]
But my nick-name is Ya-Ya!

[YA-YA, spoken]
I'm an inventor

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
What do you invent?

[YA-YA, spoken]
Things that burn holes, things that explode. One day, I'm gonna work on science fiction pictures, making the special effects. .

[RAT, spoken]
So, Miss 20 Questions, what are you in for?

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Me? I-I. Burned down my school

[INMATES murmur in admiration]

[YA-YA, spoken]
Your arms are full of burns and stuff!

[DOROTHY, spoken]
Maybe you could burn down this place

[SUSANNAH, spoken]
Why don't you just try to escape?

[YA-YA]
Do we want to get out?

[RAT]
Do we want to break free?

[DOROTHY]
Of course, but what's the point?

[KITTY]
We're locked in a tower
Without any power

[JUDITH]
We wait it out until it's time to

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Blow this joint!

Ah, ah, ah, ah

[DOROTHY]
Hate nation
Don't even try to resist

[RAT]
Hate nation
It'll leave you tired and pissed

[KITTY]
Hate nation
Bad as it is in here inside

[YA-YA]
Hate nation
We stay cuz our hands are tied

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Hate nation

[JUDITH]
No way for us to rebel

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Hate nation

[JUDITH]
And so we deal with the hell

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
Betty Crocker's probably clutching her pearls
But America just really fucking sucks for girls

Hate nation, let me tell ya ‘bout it
Hate nation, from a cell we shout it

Life in hate nation: a sad situation
For girls like us

[JUDITH, YA-YA]
Girls like us

[DOROTHY, KITTY, RAT, JUDITH, YA-YA]
Hate nation, there’s no breaking free of
Hate nation, our reality of

Life in hate nation: a bad situation
For girls like us

[DOROTHY & RAT]
Get hip to the biz

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
For girls like us

[KITTY & YA-YA]
It is what it is

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
For girls like us

[JUDITH]
Always puttin' up a fight

[DOROTHY, JUDITH, KITTY, RAT, YA-YA]
For girls like us
Alright, alright. Alright

Ah

Somebody give me a light!