“Don't give me no rotten tomato, 'cause all I ever wanted was your sweet potato.”

— Sarah Dessen, book This Lullaby

Variant: Don't you give me no rotten tomato," Dexter sang, "just 'cause to your crazy shit I
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Source: This Lullaby

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