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Offline Sheriff Roland

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What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« on: June 05, 2006, 05:30:08 am »
The Billy Joe McCallister thread tried to do something that got off topic (I think)

Here's an attempt to get a tread started about your favourite gender neutral song: ie, song that could be appreciated by the gay folks because even though a man sings it (for example), he never says "she" as part of the lyrics, and therefore, the message can be applied to our gays life experiences.

My all time favourite song of the genre has to be Jimmy Rodgers' "Secretly"

Do do do do do do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do do do do do do

Why must I meet you in a secret rendevous
Why must we steal away to steal a kiss or two
Why must we wait to do the things we want to do

Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why

Wish we didn't have to meet, secretly
Wish we didn't have to kiss, secretly
Wish we didn't have to be afraid to show the world that we're in love

Till we have the right to meet, openly
Till we have the right to kiss, openly
We'll just have to be content to be in love, secretly

Why, oh why, oh why, oh why, oh why

Wish we didn't have to meet, secretly
Wish we didn't have to kiss, secretly
Wish we didn't have to be afraid to show the world that we're in love

Till we have the right to meet, openly
Till we have the right to kiss, openly
We'll just have to be content to be in love, secretly


This song charted in in 1958! and even though I was only 5 at the time, I've always thought it could have reflected the realities of a gay man in love in my youth.

Your turn! Do you have a favourite gender neutral song?
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2006, 08:06:48 pm »
Good one, Roland.

I always liked this one, from early Queen:

Now I'm Here ~ words and music by Brian May

Here I stand (here I stand..)
Look around around around around
(Around around around around..)
But you won't see me (you won't see me..).
Now I'm here (now I'm here..)
Now I'm there (now I'm there..)
I'm just a just a new man
Yes you made me live again

A baby I was when you took my hand
And the light of the night burned bright
And the people all stared - didn't understand
But you knew my name on sight
Whatever came of you and me?
America's new bride to be...
Don't worry baby, I'm safe and sound
Down in the dungeon just Peaches an' me
Don't I love her so?
Yes she made me live again.

A thin moon me in the smoke screen sky
Where the beams of your love light chase
Don't move don't speak don't feel no pain
With the rain running down my face
Your matches still light up the sky
And many a tear lives on in my eye
Down in the city, just Hoople and me
Don't I love him so, ooh, don't I love him so?

Whatever comes of you and me
I'd love to leave my memories with you.

Now I'm here (now I'm here.)
Think I'll stay around around around
(Around around around around..)
Down in the city just you and me
(Down in the city just you and me..)

Don't I love you so?

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Don't know why, but I've always found this song incredibly sexy, even as a young lass.



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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2006, 08:10:32 pm »
Or what about this one?

I Think We're Alone, Now ~ words and music by Ritchie Cordell

"Children, behave"
That's what they say when were together
And watch how you play
They don't understand
And so we're

Running just as fast as we can
Holdin on to one anothers hand
Tryin to get away into the night
And then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground
And then you say

I think we're alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

Look at the way
We gotta hide what we're doin
'cause what would they say
If they ever knew?
And so we're

Running just as fast as we can
Holdin on to one anothers hand
Tryin to get away into the night
And then you put your arms around me
And we tumble to the ground
And then you say

I think we're alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2006, 08:26:03 pm »
My friend Eric and I both  love this one by Fleetwood Mac


Landslide


I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail thru the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life

Well, Ive been afraid of changing
cause Ive built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
Im getting older too

Oh, take my love, take it down
Climb a mountain and turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down

If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2006, 10:01:57 pm »
Love that song, Victoria.

On that same melancholy note, here's another one I like:

Angel ~ Sarah McLachlan

Spend all your time waiting
For that second chance
For a break that would make it okay
There’s always one reason
To feel not good enough
And it’s hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh beautiful release
Memory seeps from my veins
Let me be empty
And weightless and maybe
I’ll find some peace tonight

In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there

So tired of the straight line
And everywhere you turn
There’s vultures and thieves at your back
And the storm keeps on twisting
You keep on building the lie
That you make up for all that you lack
It don’t make no difference
Escaping one last time
It’s easier to believe in this sweet madness oh
This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

In the arms of an angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort there
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2006, 10:09:02 pm »
And on a happier note, I always loved how these guys wrote this one to be gender-neutral.  Kinda unusual for a rock band, especially a "corporate" one at that.  But way smart.

Somebody's Out There ~ Rik Emmett, Mike Levine, Gil Moore

Is it fate or random chance
How can I decide
Are we victims of circumstance
When destinies collide
All the odds are against you
But somehow you make it through
You can rationalize it away
But it all comes down to you
Half our lives we spend waiting
For the knock upon the door
When it comes, will it be the one
That I’ve been waiting for?

[Chorus]

Somebody's out there, somewhere
Waiting for someone to come their way
Somebody's out there, somewhere
I will somehow be somebody's someone
Someday

Standing in the shadows
Hiding from the light
Reach out in the darkness
And hold on for your life
All the fear of the future
All the loneliness inside
When the moment of truth arrives, hey,
You can run but you can't hide

[Chorus]

...I can feel it inside me
I've been holding on so long
Something's tellin' me something's got to give
'Cause the feeling's way too strong, too strong...
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2006, 11:02:31 pm »
You know what Barb, this thread should have your name on it. You seem to have the pulse of my intention here better than I do.

My second choice would have been your second post "I Think We're Alone" may be a childish song (originally from Tommy James & the Shondells in 1967 and reprised in 1987 by Tiffany) - again not very deep, but liberating - to think it could be about me -the kid I was at the time.
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2006, 08:26:50 am »
You know what Barb, this thread should have your name on it. You seem to have the pulse of my intention here better than I do.

My second choice would have been your second post "I Think We're Alone" may be a childish song (originally from Tommy James & the Shondells in 1967 and reprised in 1987 by Tiffany) - again not very deep, but liberating - to think it could be about me -the kid I was at the time.

The universality (is that a word?) of it always appealed to me, too.  Even as a kid, I didn't think of it as just being about kids in love, but about anybody in love where someone doesn't approve.
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2006, 08:44:21 am »
And then there's this one of Elton John's.  We've all well known about his sexuality forever, but regardless I could always see myself in this one and always loved the sheer poetry of it.

(Sorry to be hijacking your thread, by the way, Roland - don't mean to - you've just inspired me.  :))

Someone Saved My Life Tonight ~ Bernie Taupin, Elton John

When I think of those east end lights, muggy nights
The curtains drawn in the little room downstairs
Prima donna lord you really should have been there
Sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair
And it's one more beer and I don't hear you anymore
We've all gone crazy lately
My friends out there rolling round the basement floor

And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away, high away, bye-bye

I never realised the passing hours of evening showers
A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
I'm strangled by your haunted social scene
Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen
It's four oclock in the morning
Damn it, listen to me good
I'm sleeping with myself tonight
Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive

And I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river
Clinging to your stocks and bonds
Paying your h.p. demands forever
They're coming in the morning with a truck to take me home
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
So save your strength and run the field you play alone
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2006, 01:42:42 pm »
and this Elton John classic


Your Song

 

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
© 1969 Dick James Music, Inc
   
 

It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen
 



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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2006, 01:56:37 pm »
And some would say this doesn't qualify but I think it does because many many gay people are married in their hearts even in places that do not allow them to marry legally.


Song: Book Of Love
Artist: Peter Gabriel Lyrics


The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything
The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything
The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2006, 07:33:31 pm »
And then there's this one of Elton John's.  We've all well known about his sexuality forever, but regardless I could always see myself in this one and always loved the sheer poetry of it.

(Sorry to be hijacking your thread, by the way, Roland - don't mean to - you've just inspired me.  :))

Someone Saved My Life Tonight ~ Bernie Taupin, Elton John

When I think of those east end lights, muggy nights
The curtains drawn in the little room downstairs
Prima donna lord you really should have been there
Sitting like a princess perched in her electric chair
And it's one more beer and I don't hear you anymore
We've all gone crazy lately
My friends out there rolling round the basement floor

And someone saved my life tonight, sugar bear
You almost had your hooks in me didn't you dear
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
You're a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away, high away, bye-bye

I never realised the passing hours of evening showers
A slip noose hanging in my darkest dreams
I'm strangled by your haunted social scene
Just a pawn out-played by a dominating queen
It's four oclock in the morning
Damn it, listen to me good
I'm sleeping with myself tonight
Saved in time, thank God my music's still alive

And I would have walked head on into the deep end of the river
Clinging to your stocks and bonds
Paying your h.p. demands forever
They're coming in the morning with a truck to take me home
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight, someone saved my life tonight
Someone saved my life tonight
So save your strength and run the field you play alone


I love this song, but it's hardly gender neutral is it?  Considering when it first came out and the words 'altar bound'?

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2006, 07:38:38 pm »
I love this song, but it's hardly gender neutral is it?  Considering when it first came out and the words 'altar bound'?

Yeah, I guess it's debatable at best.  But even though I knew (or thought I knew) at the time that it was about one or both of them not choosing to live that lie, I could still see myself in it when looking at my own long-term relationships I'm ultimately glad ended.
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2006, 10:49:15 am »
Try this one (edited to make the one-letter and one-number lyrics that he actually wrote words, because it drives me nuts to look at it his way):

Purple Rain ~ The artist currently once again known as Prince

I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted to one time see you laughing
I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

Purple rain purple rain
Purple rain purple rain
Purple rain purple rain
Purple rain purple rain

I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I never wanted to be some kind of friend
Baby I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end

Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing
It's time we all reach out for something new
That means you too
You say you want a leader
But you cant seem to make up your mind
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the purple rain
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2006, 01:02:51 pm »
My personal favorite...

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel

When you're weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes,
I will dry them all
I'm on your side
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on silver girl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
When you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind


Despite the lyric "Sail on silver girl..." I still consider it gender neutral.  This song makes me cry every time
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2006, 01:04:56 pm »
I love that one, too, Mandy.  Art Garfunkel's voice is so pure and beautiful - gives me chills every time.
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #16 on: June 08, 2006, 07:38:26 pm »
If I had to go with Simon & Garfunkle, I would choose 'I am a Rock' as a good non-gender song:

A winters day
In a deep and dark december;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
Ive built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
Its laughter and its loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Dont talk of love,
But Ive heard the words before;
Its sleeping in my memory.
I wont disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #17 on: June 08, 2006, 09:50:58 pm »
Ah Del I love that one too...I felt that way for a long time.   :-X

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #18 on: June 08, 2006, 11:31:14 pm »
Ah Del I love that one too...I felt that way for a long time.   :-X

Me too, Vic:(

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #19 on: June 09, 2006, 10:54:17 am »
Here's another one I find kinda (OK, really) sexy.  :)

I Thank You ~ ZZ Top

You didn't have to love me like you did
But you did, but you did.
And I thank you.
You didn't have to love me like you did
But you did, but you did.
And I thank you.

If you took your love to someone else
I wouldn't know what it meant to be loved to death.
You made me feel like I've never felt
Kisses so good I had to holler for help.

You didnt have to squeeze it but you did
But you did, but you did
And I thank you.
You didnt have to hold it but you did
But you did, but you did
And I thank you.

Every day was something new,
You put on your bag and your fine to-do
You got me trying new things, too
Just so I can keep up with you.

You didnt have to shake it but you did
But you did, but you did
And I thank you.
You didnt have to make it like you did
But you did, but you did
And I thank you.

All my life I've been shortchanged
Without your love, baby, it's a crying shame
But now I know what the fellas are talking about
Hear me say that they've been turned out.

I want to thank you
I want to thank you
I want to thank you
Yes, I want to thank you.
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #20 on: June 09, 2006, 05:37:13 pm »
You're the Top, by our belovedly gender-preferencedly-ambiguous-at-the-time Cole Porter

You're the top!
You're the Colosseum.
You're the top!
You're the Louvre Museum.
You're a melody from a symphony by Strauss
You're a Bendel bonnet,
A Shakespeare's sonnet,
You're Mickey Mouse.

You're the Nile,
You're the Tower of Pisa,
You're the smile on the Mona Lisa
I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop,
But if, baby, I'm the bottom you're the top! (What could he mean?  Might this be a double entendre?) :)

You're the top!
You're Mahatma Gandhi.
You're the top!
You're Napoleon Brandy.
You're the purple light
Of a summer night in Spain,
You're the National Gallery
You're Garbo's salary,
You're cellophane.
You're sublime,
You're a turkey dinner,
You're the time of a Derby winner
I'm a toy balloon that is fated soon to pop
But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
You're the top!

You're the top!
You're an Arrow collar
You're the top!
You're a Coolidge dollar,
You're the nimble tread
Of the feet of Fred Astaire,
You're an O'Neill drama,
You're Whistler's mama,
You're camembert.

You're a rose,
You're Inferno's Dante,
You're the nose
On the great Durante.
I'm just in a way,
As the French would say, "de trop".
But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
You're the top!

You're the top!
You're a dance in Bali.
You're the top!
You're a hot tamale.
You're an angel, you,
Simply too, too, too diveen,
You're a Boticcelli,
You're Keats,
You're Shelly,
You're Ovaltine.

You're a boom,
You're the dam at Boulder,
You're the moon,
Over Mae West's shoulder,
I'm the nominee of the G.O.P.
Or GOP!
But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
You're the top!

You're the top!
You're a Waldorf salad.
You're the top!
You're a Berlin ballad.
You're the boats that glide
On the sleepy Zuider Zee,
You're an old Dutch master,
You're Lady Astor,
You're broccoli.

You're romance,
You're the steppes of Russia,
You're the pants on a Roxy usher,
I'm a broken doll, a fol-de-rol, a blop,
But if, baby, I'm the bottom,
You're the top!

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #21 on: June 09, 2006, 11:18:58 pm »
I LOVE I am a Rock, also a good choice... there are a lot of good gender neutral Simon and Garfunkel songs that I really relate to, another one....

Homeward Bound

I'm sittin' in the railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one man band

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Everyday's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Tonight I'll sing my songs again
I'll play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptyness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escaping
Home, where my music's playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Silently for me
Silently for me
‘cause the truth is, I already give him everythin’ I got to give, more than I ever even knew I had; ‘n it all for him, all of it, him who is my brother, my father, my child, my friend, my lover, my heart, my soul; my Ennis.

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #22 on: June 09, 2006, 11:37:34 pm »
All I Know

performed by Art Garfunkel
composed by Jimmy Webb


I bruise you, you bruise me
We both bruise too easily, too easily to let it show
I love you and that's all I know .

All my plans have fallin' through,
All my plans depend on you, depend on you to help them grow,
I love you and that's all I know.

When the singer's gone let the song go on...

But the ending always comes at last,
Endings always come too fast,
They come too fast but they past too slow,
I love you and that's all I know .

When the singer's gone let the song go on,
It's a fine line between the darkness and the dawn.
They say in the darkest night there's a light beyond

But the ending always comes at last,
Endings always come too fast,
They come too fast
But they past too slow,
I love you, and that's all I know.
That's all I know, that's all I know.


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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #23 on: June 10, 2006, 01:34:15 am »
Somewhere from West Side Story


There's a place for us,
Somewhere a place for us.
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere.

There's a time for us,
Some day a time for us,
Time together with time spare,
Time to learn, time to care,
Some day!

Somewhere.
We'll find a new way of living,
We'll find a way of forgiving
Somewhere . . .

There's a place for us,
A time and place for us.
Hold my hand and we're halfway there.
Hold my hand and I'll take you there
Somehow,
Some day,
Somewhere!

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #24 on: June 10, 2006, 08:16:09 am »
Cruisin' ~ Smokey Robinson

Baby let's cruise away from here
Don't be confused, the way is clear
And if you want it you got it forever
This is not a one night stand, baby

Let the music take your mind
Just release and you will find
You're gonna fly away
Glad you're goin' my way
I love it when we're cruisin' together
The music is played for love
Cruisin' is made for love
I love it when we're cruisin' together

Baby tonight belongs to us
Everything's right, do what you must
And inch by inch we get closer and closer
To every little part of each other, baby

Let the music take your mind
Just release and you will find
You're gonna fly away
Glad you're going my way
I love it when we're cruisin' together
The music is played for love,
Cruisin' is made for love
I love it when we're cruisin' together

Baby let's cruise
Let's flow, let's glide
Let's open up and go inside
And if you want it you got it forever
I can just stay there inside you
And love you baby

Let the music take your mind
Just release and you will find
You're gonna fly away
Yeah, I'm glad you're goin' my way
I love it when we're cruisin together
The music is played for love,
Cruisin' is made for love
I love it, I love it, I love it
You're gonna fly away
Yeah, glad you're goin' my way
I love it when we're cruisin' together

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #25 on: June 10, 2006, 12:13:34 pm »
Brandon, you're right, that's my fave Kelly song. Kelly is so great.

A great gender neutral song:

 
Elsewhere by Sarah McLachlan

I love the time and in between
The calm inside me
In the space where I can breathe
I believe there is a
Distance I have wandered
To touch upon the years of
Reaching out and reaching in
Holding out, holding in

I believe
This is heaven to no one else but me
And I’ll defend it as long as I can be
Left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand

I know this love is passing time
Passing through like liquid
I am drunk in my desire...
But I love the way you smile at me
I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near...
I believe...

I believe
This is heaven to no one else but me
And I’ll defend it as long as
I can be left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand

Oh the quiet child awaits the day when she can break free
The mold that clings like desperation
Mother can’t you see I’ve got
To live my life the way I feel is right for me
Might not be right for you but it’s right for me...
I believe...

I believe
This is heaven to no one else but me
And I’ll defend it as long as
I can be left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand it

I would like to linger here in silence
If I choose to
Would you understand it
Would you try to understand... 

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #26 on: June 11, 2006, 10:40:21 pm »
"If I'm Not in Love"

Performed by Faith Hill
Words & Music by Dawn Thomas


If Im not in love with you
What is this Im going through
Tonight
And if my heart is lying then
What should I believe in
Why do I go crazy
Every time I think about you, baby
Why else do I want you like I do
If Im not in love with you

And if I dont need your touch
Why do I miss you so much
Tonight
If its just infatuation then
Why is my heart aching
To hold you forever
Give a part of me I thought Id never
Give again to someone I could lose
If Im not in love with you

Why in every fantasy
Do I feel your arms embracing me
Lovers lost in sweet desire
Why in dreams do I surrender
Lying with you baby
Someone help explain this feeling
Someone tell me

If Im not in love with you
What is this Im going through
Tonight
And if my heart is lying then what should I believe in
Why do I go crazy
Every time I think about you baby
Why else do I want you like I do
If Im not in love with you
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #27 on: June 11, 2006, 10:43:52 pm »
and another I love

"Life Will Go On"

performed by Chris Isaak
Written by Chris Isaak

Broken skies, heartaches that flowers won't mend
Say goodbye knowing that this is the end
Tender dreams, shadows fall
Love too sweet, to recall
Dry your eyes, Face the dawn
Life will go on

All day long thought that we still had a chance
Letting go, this is the end of romance
Broken hearts find your way
Make it through just this day
Face the world on your own
Life will go on, life will go on

There'll be blue skies, every true love
Someday I'll hold you again
They'll be blue skies in a better world, darlin'

Tender dreams, shadows fall
Love too sweet, to recall
Dry your eyes, Face the dawn
Life will go on, life will go on
Broken heart find your way
Make it through just this day
Face the world on your own
Life will go on

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #28 on: June 11, 2006, 11:04:19 pm »
"Have I Told You Lately"


written by Van Morrison

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
take away all my sadness
ease my troubles that's what you do

For the morning sun in all it's glory
greets the day with hope and comfort too
You fill my life with laughter
and somehow you make it better
ease my troubles that's what you do
There's a love that's divine
and it's yours and it's mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
we should give thanks and pray
to the one, to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
take away all my sadness
ease my troubles that's what you do

There's a love that's divine
and it's yours and it's mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
we should give thanks and pray
to the one, to the one

And have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there's no one else above you
You fill my heart with gladness
take away my sadness
ease my troubles that's what you do
Take away all my sadness
fill my life with gladness
ease my troubles that's what you do
Take away all my sadness
fill my life with gladness
ease my troubles that's what you do
 

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #29 on: June 11, 2006, 11:16:35 pm »
Another favorite

boys of summer

Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer’s out of reach
Empty lake, empty streets
The sun goes down alone
I’m drivin’ by your house
Though I know you’re not at home

But I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I never will forget those nights
I wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made me crazy?
Remember how I made you scream
Now I don’t understand what happened to our love
But babe, I’m gonna get you back
I’m gonna show you what I’m made of

I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
I see you walkin’ real slow and you’re smilin’ at everyone
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

Out on the road today, I saw a black flag sticker on a cadillac
A little voice inside my head said, "don’t look back. you can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever
I should just let them go but-

I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got that top pulled down and that radio on, baby
And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

I can see you-
Your brown skin shinin’ in the sun
You got that hair slicked back and those wayfarers on, baby
I can tell you my love for you will still be strong
After the boys of summer have gone

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #30 on: June 12, 2006, 12:03:10 am »
TO BE WITH YOU

written and performed by CAROLINE LOST


Wanted you
To take me as I am
Through and through
It's love me if you can
Could you hold me
Know me
Show me you can

And I'd go anywhere
To be with you
I'd go anywhere
To be with you

You and I
So pretty in this skies
Tell me lies
And I will shut my eyes
If you hold me
Know me
Show me you can

And I go anywhere
I'd go everywhere
To be with you
To be with you





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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #31 on: June 12, 2006, 07:53:28 am »

ooh god, I found a new home..  I have tonnes of great songs that mean so much to me personally..

Here's an ABSOLUTE fave:

Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds

Won't you come see about me?
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby

Tell me your troubles and doubts
Giving me everything inside and out and
Love's strange so real in the dark
Think of the tender things that we were working on

Slow change may pull us apart
When the light gets into your heart, baby
Don't You Forget About Me
Don't Don't Don't Don't
Don't You Forget About Me

Will you stand above me?
Look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down

Will you recognise me?
Call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling, rain keeps falling
Down, down, down, down

Don't you try to pretend
It's my feeling we'll win in the end
I won't harm you or touch your defenses
Vanity and security

Don't you forget about me
I'll be alone, dancing you know it baby
Going to take you apart
I'll put us back together at heart, baby

Don't You Forget About Me
Don't Don't Don't Don't
Don't You Forget About Me

As you walk on by
Will you call my name?
As you walk on by
Will you call my name?
When you walk away

Or will you walk away?
Will you walk on by?
Come on - call my name
Will you call my name?

Chut up!

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #32 on: June 12, 2006, 07:55:11 am »

I also love this one. Its a tad country, but its got such a beautiful message:

I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
Chut up!

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #33 on: June 12, 2006, 07:57:30 am »
And my favourite band, Crowded House..

Crowded Lyrics - Better Be Home Soon

Somewhere deep inside
Something's got a hold on you
And it's pushing me aside
See it stretch on forever

I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon

Stripping back the coats
Of lies and deception
Back to nothingness
Like a week in the desert

I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon

So don't say no
Don't say nothing's wrong
Cos when you get back home
Maybe I'll be gone

It would cause me pain
If we were to end it
But I could start again
You can depend on it

I know I'm right
For the first time in my life
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon
That's why I tell you
You'd better be home soon
Chut up!

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #34 on: June 12, 2006, 08:09:14 am »

I love this one:

Sway - Bic Runga

Don't stray, don't ever go away
I should be much too smart for this
You know it gets the better of me
Sometimes, when you and I collide
I fall into an ocean of you, pull me out in time
Don't let me drown, let me down
I say it's all because of you

And here I go, losing my control
I'm practising your name so I can say it to your face
It doesn't seem right, to look you in the eye
Let all the things you mean to me
Come tumbling out my mouth
Indeed it's time to tell you why
I say it's infintely true

CHORUS:
Say you'll stay, don't come and go
Like you do
Sway my way, yeah I need to know
All about you

And there's no cure, and no way to be sure
Why everything's turned inside out
Instilling so much doubt
It makes me so tired - I feel so uninspired
My head is battling with my heart
My logic has been torn apart
And now it all turns sour
Come sweeten every afternoon

CHORUS TWICE

It's all because of you
It's all because of you

Now it all turns sour, come sweeten every afternoon
It's time to tell you why, I say it's infinitely true

CHORUS TWICE

It's all because of you
It's all because of you
It's all because of you


Chut up!

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #35 on: June 20, 2006, 01:55:32 am »
Ghost, by the Indigo Girls

Theres a letter on the desktop
That I dug out of a drawer
The last truce we ever came to
In our adolescent war
And I start to feel the fever
From the warm air through the screen
You come regular like seasons
Shadowing my dreams

And the Mississippi's mighty
But it starts in Minnesota
At a place that you could walk across
With five steps down
And I guess thats how you started
Like a pinprick to my heart
But at this point you rush right through me
And I start to drown

And theres not enough room
In this world for my pain
Signals cross and love gets lost
And time passed makes it plain
Of all my demon spirits
I need you the most
Im in love with your ghost
Im in love with your ghost

Dark and dangerous like a secret
That gets whispered in a hush
(dont tell a soul)
When I wake the things I dreamt about you
Last night make me blush
(dont tell a soul)
And you kiss me like a lover
Then you sting me like a viper
I go follow to the river
Play your memory like a piper

And I feel it like a sickness
How this love is killing me
Id walk into the fingers
Of your fire willingly
And dance the edge of sanity
Ive never been this close
Im in love with your ghost

Unknowing captor
You never know how much you
Pierce my spirit
But I cant touch you
Can you hear it
A cry to be free
Oh Im forever under lock and key
As you pass through me

Now I see your face before me
I would launch a thousand ships
To bring your heart back to my island
As the sand beneath me slips
As I burn up in your presence
And I know now how it feels
To be weakened like Achilles
With you always at my heels

This bitter pill I swallow
Is the silence that I keep
It poisons me I cant swim free
The river is too deep
Though Im baptized by your touch
I am no worse than most
In love with your ghost
« Last Edit: June 20, 2006, 01:57:37 am by OldeSoul »
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #36 on: June 20, 2006, 02:10:52 am »
Yeah Sheyne!  Big up our Crowded House boys!  When I was a freshman in high school, a senior took a 'special interest' in me.  I wasn't able to figure out that we had a lot in common until he was ready to graduate.  He played me the song Dogs In The Yard from Fame, and it blew me away because I didn't have to switch genders in order to make it work.  Ya wanna hear it?  Here it go:

Dogs In the Yard, written and performed by Paul McCrane

I want to be bad
And not even care
I want to go out of my head somewhere
I want run crazy
Like the dogs in the yard
I want to cut the rope
But it's getting so much harder

I think I'll play poker
Stay out every night
Throw stones at the water
In the morning light

I want to be lazy like the dogs in the yard
Why can't I fly tonight?
Why can't I sleep all morning?
I'm going out of my mind tonight
That's where I'm going
That's where I'm going

Gonna have a good time
Before it's too late
Come on, baby, let's go uptown and celebrate
Gonna celebrate!

We're gonna run crazy
Like the dogs in the yard
We're gonna fly tonight
We're gonna sleep all morning

We're going out of our minds tonight
That's where we're going
That's where we're going
What is essential, is invisible to the eye....

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #37 on: June 20, 2006, 02:22:13 am »
Well if we're goin go back to the 80's how about this one from Cheap Trick.

Words and music by rick nielsen

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Im beggin you to beg me.

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Ill shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
Ill get home early from work if you say that you love me.

Didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Feelin all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin.
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Im beggin you to beg me.
Ill shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
Ill get home early from work if you say that you love me.

Didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Feelin all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin.
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?
Feelin all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin.
Oh, didnt i, didnt i, didnt I see you cryin?

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
Id love you to love me.
Im beggin you to beg me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #38 on: June 20, 2006, 02:43:37 am »
Well rock out Ms. V!  I'm taking it back even further....The first time ever I heard this song  ;)  I was so moved.  I was pretty young and thought, wow, could love really be like that?  There are so many versions of this song, Johnny Cash, George Michael, even Allison Moyet...but the definitive version for me is still the simplest one.  Bass, piano drums, cello, and the voice of Roberta Flack.

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
To the dark and the empty skies.

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
And felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love
That was there at my command.

And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time my love
It would last till the end of time my love

The first time ever I saw your face, your face,
your face, your face
What is essential, is invisible to the eye....

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #39 on: June 20, 2006, 08:50:23 am »
I *love* that one, Juan.  Just heard this one in the car this morning for the first time in a while.  I love that it's sung in harmony by two men playing accoustic guitars and nothing else.  :)

More Than Words ~ Extreme (Gary Cherone)

Saying I love you
Are not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you
Not to say it, but if you only knew
How easy it would be to show me how you feel
More than words is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two?
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away?
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you

Now that I've tried to talk to you and make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands and touch me
Hold me close don't ever let me go
More than words is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'Cause I'd already know

What would you do if my heart was torn in two?
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words away?
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying I love you

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #40 on: June 20, 2006, 03:44:51 pm »
Maybe I should retitle this tread to "Wonderful gender neutral songs" in order to let people post more than one.

Here's a great 21st century song who's power drew me first with the words, then with the melody -and it's french! I'll try and find a proper translation 'cause it really is powerful

Nicolas Ciccone (auteur et chansonier) - "J't'aime tout court"

J't'aime tout court
Sans beaucoup ni vraiment
Sans faire peur ni semblant
Sans condition ni règle

J't'aime tout court
Sans peut-etre ni seulement
Sans parure ni diamant
Sans artifice ni chaîne

J't'aime tout court
Sans tambour ni canon
Sans vainqueur ni perdant
Sans belle promesse ni piège

J't'aime tout court
Sans orage ni volcan
Beau temps comme mauvais temps
Au profond de moi-meme

Tous ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
L'amour n'est qu'un seul mot
Lorsqu'il est pur et simple
Tous ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
Je n'ai pas besoin d'eux
Pour te dire que je t'aime.

J't'aime tout court
Sans virgule sans accent
Sans détour ni serment
Sans complexe ni gêne

J't'aime tout court
Sans une limite de temps
Au passé, au présent
Bien au-delà du rêve

Tous ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
L'amour n'est qu'un seul mot
Lorsqu'il est pur et simple
Tous ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
Je n'ai pas besoin d'eux
Pour te dire que je t'aime.

J't'aime tout court
Meme si l'homme est violent
Meme si vivre est dément
Meme si lourdes sont nos peines

J't'aime tout court
Follement, tendrement
Fort de tout mon vivant
Collé contre tes lèvres

Tous ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
L'amour n'est qu'un seul mot
Lorsqu'il est pur et simple
Tous ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
Je n'ai pas besoin d'eux
Pour te dire que je t'aime

Tous ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
L'amour n'est qu'un seul mot
Lorsqu'il est pur et simple
Tout ces mots ce ne sont que des mots
Je n'ai pas besoin d'eux
Pour te dire que je t'aime

This is not just the song of the year (as voted by Québecois a few years ago) but truly a song for the ages ...
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Offline Sheriff Roland

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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #41 on: June 20, 2006, 04:30:35 pm »
I had google translate the song - What a horrible experience! So I tried to "correct" the translation, and no doubt made many errors of my own. But I think I managed to convey the essence of the lyrics with this translation. People - This is truly a special song!

Nicola Ciccone - I Love You, Is All (liberally translated by me)

I love you, is all
Without “a lot” or “truly”
Without frightening or seeming to
Without conditions or rules

I love you, is all
Without “maybe” nor “just”
Without ornaments nor diamonds
Without decorations nor special chains

I love you, is all
Without drum rolls or cannons
Without winners or losers
Without promises or traps

I love you, is all
Without storms or volcanos
Come rain or shine
Deep within my soul

All these words are just words
Love is but a single word
When it is pure and simple
All these words are just words
I don’t need all these word
To tell you “I love you”

I love you, is all
Without commas without accents
Without segue or special oath
Without hang-ups or embarrassments

I love you, is all
Without a time limit
In the past, in the present
Farther than any dream

All these words are just words
Love is but a single word
When it is pure and simple
All these words are just words
I don’t need all these word
To tell you “I love you”

I love you, is all
Even if the man is beastly violent
Even if living is lunacy
Even if our sorrows are heavy burdens

I love you, is all
Madly, tenderly,
Extremely, with all of my being
Close to you, touching your lips

All these words are just words
Love is but a single word
When it is pure and simple
All these words are just words
I don’t need all these word
To tell you “I love you”

All these words are just words
Love is but a single word
When it is pure and simple
All these words are just words
I don’t need all these word
To tell you “I love you”

Needless to say - the original lyics are MUCH more meaningful than any possible translation

Thanks to Isabelle and Milli for their ideas of ways to improve this translation
« Last Edit: June 21, 2006, 06:26:44 pm by Roland »
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #42 on: June 21, 2006, 06:39:57 am »
So I feel I can post this song in French too - a translation for it will follow. I LOVE this song, it is extremely sensitive, nostalgic, just beautiful. For the lucky ones who understand French...

De La Main Gauche (Danielle Messia).

Je t'écris de la main gauche, celle qui n'a jamais parlé
Elle hésite, elle est si gauche que je l'ai toujours cachée.
Je la mettais dans ma poche, et là elle broyait du noir,
Elle jouait avec les croches, et s'inventait des histoires.

Je t'écris de la main gauche, celle qui n'a jamais compté,
C'est celle qui faisait les fautes, du moins on l'a raconté.
Je m'efforçais de la taire pour trouver le droit chemin,
Une vie sans grand mystère où l'on ne se donne pas la main.

Des mots dans la marge étroite, tout tremblants, qui font des dessins,
Je me sens si maladroite, et pourtant je me sens bien.
Tiens voilà, c'est ma détresse; tiens voilà, c'est ma vérité,
Je n'ai jamais eu d'adresse, rien qu'une fausse identité.

Je t'écris de la main bête qui n'a pas le poing serré,
Pour la guerre, elle n'est pas prête, pour le bonheur, n'est pas douée.
Voilà que je la découvre comme un trésor oublié,
Une vue que je recouvre pour les sentiers égarés.

On prend tous la ligne droite, c'est plus court, oh oui c'est plus court,
On ne voit pas qu'elle est étroite, qu'il n'y a plus de place pour l'amour.
Je voulais dire que je t'aime, sans espoir et sans regret,
Je voulais dire que je t'aime t'aime, parce que ça semble vrai.


Just seems less wonderful without the tune...
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #43 on: June 23, 2006, 06:39:00 am »
Here's my translation now; important note: in French, "gauche" means "left" and also "awkward".

WITH MY LEFT HAND

I write you with my left hand, that which has never spoken,
It hesitates, it is so awkward, that I always hid it.
I would put it in my pocket, and there it would be down in the dumps,
Toy with quavers and make up stories.

I write you with my left hand, that which never counted,
That which made all the mistakes, or so they said.
I made sure it kept silent, so I could find the right path,
A life devoid of mystery where no one holds hands.

Words scribbled into trembling sketches in the narrow margin,
I'm feeling so awkward and yet so fine.
Here you are, this is my desperation,
Here you are, this is the truth;
I have never had an address, just a false identity.

I write you with my silly hand which does not have a clenched fist,
For war it is not ready, for power it has no skill;
Here do I discover it now, like a forgotten treasure,
A sight for wayward paths that I recover.

We all follow the straight line, it is shorter, yeah it's shorter,
We can't see that it is narrow, that there's no more room for love.
I wanted to say I love you, without hope nor regret,
I wanted to say I love you, love you
Because it rings true.
« Last Edit: June 23, 2006, 06:41:05 am by isabelle »
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Re: What's your favourite gender neutral song?
« Reply #44 on: June 23, 2006, 06:48:21 am »
Humilitas, by Lesiem:

Humilitas Humanitas
Amat Pacem Phidias Amat Pacem
Ratio Ama Rationem
Egosum Pastor Bonus, Pastor Bonus

Whatever the cost
Whatever I do
No matter my fate
I know that you will allways
Pull me through.
Everything is possible with you.

Pasce Agnos Meos Agnos
Libera Nos Amator Paupertatis

Wherever I go
Wherever you are
The peace you bring
Is lifting me so far.
Now I see
It's a miracle.
So hush now.
Forgive me all the secrets
All the lies.
Hold me.
Everything is holy now you're mine.
You bring me home.

Fateor Manus Do Vobis
O Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum

You have made me see
That whatever the cost
Whatever I do
Whatever my fate
I know that I will always count on you
You made me see
Oh hush now
Forgive me all the secrets
And the lies.
Hold me
And deep within the mystery of your eyes
I am home at last.

Pax Humilitas Humanitus Deus
Pax Intrantibus Salus Exeuntibus
Pax Intrantibus
Why do we consume what we consume?
Why do we believe what we believe?
Why do we accept what we accept?
You have a body, a mind, and a soul.... You have a responsibility.