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A Song To Myself


Guest Chrysee

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Guest Chrysee

Okay, I used the title of a poem by Walt Whitman for the title of this post, but it so fits. Is there anyone out there who hasn't had a special song that reminds them of a special person? I'm talking about one of those Top 40 summertime hits that would take your breath away when they played it on the radio, filling your head with images of that special person? (Okay, in my day it was all about the radio as we didn't have the plethora of personal sound equipment out there now!)

Anyway, I found myself with a song for an incredibly special girl that I first met when I was fourteen and then promptly locked in her room, only letting her out once in a while after disguising her so that no one would recognized her. Then a couple of months ago I let her out and allowed her the run of me.

Anyway (and say what you will about the selection) my song to 'her' comes from the disco age (shhh!) and more specifically, from the soundtrack to 'Saturday Night Fever.' It was recorded by The Bee Gees and called "More Than A Woman.'

I so very much wish that I could here quote some of the lines that hit me right between the eyes, but that would be including copywritten material.

Is this just too weird, or might it get anyone else thinking?

Thanks for reading.

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Guest sarah f

Just another manic monday is a song to this day that I think of my first real crush I had as a kid. I can hear that song and go back to the times we spent together and when we were at the roller rink skating.

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If you ever heard of /remember/ The Bay City Rollers( from Scotland) , then they are the early

luv toons I listened to ,,oh those innocent days, thanks Hun for reminding me . luv,viv :)

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Guest Donna Jean

Hey, Chrysee...

Why don't you find the lyrics on the net and then post a link to them so everyone can read them....that's ok...

Huggs

Donna Jean

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Guest Chrysee

Hey, Chrysee...

Why don't you find the lyrics on the net and then post a link to them so everyone can read them....that's ok...

Huggs

Donna Jean

Great idea! Quoting a couple of lines wouldn't have worked, anyway, as the entire first verse (and chorus) really does it.

Confession: I'm listening to it now, over and over!

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It's been a couple of days since something here made me cry but this did.

Because my favorite songs have always had a meaning too deep for me to fathom and always, always me me cry sad, sad tears. I loved these songs yet they made me feel bereft. Touched my very soul and I always wanted them played at my funeral.

I haven't thought about them since I discovered I was trans but when I looked up the lyrics just now I understood. Understood that inside I knew all along.

They speak of me. Of what I am and what I feel.

The first is "Desperado" by the Eagles-http://www.ask.com/web?q=desperado+lyrics&search=&qsrc=0&o=333&l=dir

How could any Trans person not feel some of those words-identify with them. Especially when denial has you still out in the cold!

The other is cliche really but still-there is the hidden meaning if you are trans-the hidden promise.

That song is "The Rose" by Bette Middler-http://theroselyrics.com/

How true every line is for us!

Love you all

JJ

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