This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
I wish i was a girl so i would see more tits
I wish I could jack by dipping in a pit
I only have a dick that's quite hairy
My ass is too, that's kinda scary
"I wish I was a girl"
"I wish I was a girl"
I don't care about the blood, I don't care about the pain
Cause being a girl's the only thing that's on my brain
Being a guy can be really boring
And cross-dressing just isn't my thing
[Chorus]
Some people think I might be gay
But I don't swing the other way
I just want to be a girl so damn much
To feel my clit as it gets
But if I was a girl I couldn't drive no more
Cause I couldn't tell the difference between the clutch and the door
I'd get mood swings and I'd have to shave my pits
But I wouldn't really care 'cause I would have massive tits
I wouldn't have to put up with erections all the time
I'd get a better job when performing 69
Cause being a girl would be so cool
Cause when you cum you don't leave a pool
[Chorus: x2]
Mother!
[Repeat: x11]
Why wasn't I a girl
Why!!!
[Chorus: x3]
I wish I could jack by dipping in a pit
I only have a dick that's quite hairy
My ass is too, that's kinda scary
"I wish I was a girl"
"I wish I was a girl"
I don't care about the blood, I don't care about the pain
Cause being a girl's the only thing that's on my brain
Being a guy can be really boring
And cross-dressing just isn't my thing
[Chorus]
Some people think I might be gay
But I don't swing the other way
I just want to be a girl so damn much
To feel my clit as it gets
But if I was a girl I couldn't drive no more
Cause I couldn't tell the difference between the clutch and the door
I'd get mood swings and I'd have to shave my pits
But I wouldn't really care 'cause I would have massive tits
I wouldn't have to put up with erections all the time
I'd get a better job when performing 69
Cause being a girl would be so cool
Cause when you cum you don't leave a pool
[Chorus: x2]
Mother!
[Repeat: x11]
Why wasn't I a girl
Why!!!
[Chorus: x3]
Lyrics submitted by undeadfoetus
I Wish I Was a Girl Lyrics as written by Thomas Theodore Steenvoorden Rodney Lim Cho Henderson
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Just some two cents from someone actually with gender identity disorder. I like this song, I suppose some people may find it offensive. It's very tongue and cheek but it sounds like the author has some understanding of what it's like "Being an girl is the only thing that's on my brain" yes that's very true, it's all you ever think, feel and dream about...
"Some people think I might be gay" yes people tend to assume you are gay rather than clock on to the fact that you are the wrong gender.
Lastly, the intense anger expressed in the last verse "Mother, why wasn't I a girl!" that's how you feel too. I don't feel angry at my mother though, I do feel anger at life. Anyway, since this song was released when I was a teenager, i'm pretty sure it was around before "scene kids" and this isn't actually emo/scene music it is punk rock, so whatever...
this song is really cool. i luff it! i think its obvious what its about, a boy who really wants to be a girl! have a listen to it! hehe
hey sammy sprouts...........i agree......this song is very very good live and is always a crowd favourite
hey adams apple.. or spunky! heh! i just realised that was yoo! lol!
Girls leave bigger pools when they cum, surely.. unless they're faking
This is for sammy the piggy & its all kinda wrong: YOU'RE BOTH MORONS. THIS SONG IS ABOUT MAKING FUN OF WOMEN'S LITTLE IDIOSYNCRASIES.
i thought this was mindless self indulgence?
I think it's just pointing out things that suck about being male or female. This song is hilarious even though I think the whole "men are this women are that" thing is bullshit.
'to feel my clit as it gets...' that unfinished sentence makes me sad ]:
I hate this song so much. i just came on here to express my views about it as everyone in the world likes it and nobody'll find it here. it's just such a SHIT song, it overuseses sexual innuendo so much it makes me sick. there is no craftsmanship gone into it at all. ihatehatehatehatehate it. ARHHHHHHHH I HATE IT! It's so shit and all the little 'scene kidzz' [99.8% of which aren't even scene] love it, cos they can just stand there swaying slightly from side to side, head down, muttering the words, and pass it off as dancing, and be like 'oh i am such a hardcore rebel', put it as their myspace profile song, post many bulletins about how cool they are, and then turn the sound down when viewing their own profile so their mum doesn't hear it, so they don't get grounded which means they can't go and skank around in town smoking and trying to nick drink off all their 'big mates' and think they look cool. ok so yeah. it was a long rant. WELL DONE! i spose all the scene keets are gonna go die now, or something. it's a cunt's song for cunts who want to look cool in front of their cunt friends. and contrary to popular belief, no i am not 67. i'm actually 14. i just hate shit music...i'll shut up now..