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As Girls Go Lyrics
You make a really good girl
As girls go
Still kind of look like a guy
I never thought to wonder why
If I could pull this off
Would I know for certain
The real situation
Behind the curtain
So beautiful
damsel in distress
Not exactly natural
Stunning none the less
What happened to you?
To make you more girl than girls are
Would you ever show or tell
Cause you're so good so far
You make a really good girl
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
Let's chronicle
The dark side of the life
Did you ever keep the date
With the steel side of the knife
Doesn't matter to me
Which side of the line
You happen to be
At any given time
You make a really good girl
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
Still kind of look like a guy
I never thought to wonder why
Would I know for certain
The real situation
Behind the curtain
damsel in distress
Not exactly natural
Stunning none the less
To make you more girl than girls are
Would you ever show or tell
Cause you're so good so far
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
The dark side of the life
Did you ever keep the date
With the steel side of the knife
Which side of the line
You happen to be
At any given time
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
As girls go
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Suzanne Vega said: "The person I was writing about [in "As Girls Go"] was not a drag queen. She was a girl, she was just this very fascinating woman, and she's utterly beautiful and there's this odd, I don't know what you'd call it, chemistry I guess, between us, because she was a waitress and I would come in and she would sort of flirt with me, which I remember feeling a little odd, especially after I found out she wasn't really a girl. Someone I knew had gone out with her and discovered that she was not a girl, but no one knew how far the whole thing had gone. But she was utterly charismatic and she was probably one of the most beautiful people I had ever seen, very graceful. But it wasn't like she was a drag queen, like the whole thing you think of a drag queen. She was a person who had turned into a very feminine being. And in fact on the last day she worked at the restaurant she told me that she was very confused and was going to go on a very long trip... and I just really felt for her." Interview In the New York Press, Volume 12, Issue 21
Nothing like a little love for the transgendered. I didn't get it at the time, which is to my discredit, since it's not as though it isn't blindingly obvsious in retrospect.