Babybird

Man's Tight Vest

Babybird


Man's tight vest, I can't get in, can't make a nest for myself, yeah. Mmmm yeah. Mmmm yeah. 
I feel like a woman, yet I was born a man. 
Wished I'd been christened Valerie instead of Stan. 
In a man's tight vest I don't fit into this world. 
I was born a boy and I wish I was a girl. 

No-one understands in this sceptical world 
Why I walk like a girl when I talk like man. 
Sometimes I feel like a pony, but my feet have ten toes not hooves, 
I have stubble on my chin, and a big feminine button nose. 

In a man's tight vest, I don't fit into this world. 
I was born a boy child, but I wish I'd been a girl. 

Am I drawing you a picture, a photograph for your mind, 
I'm shaped like a knocker, on the door of mankind. 
Bang me once or twice (bang bang bang bang bang bang) 
And I'll take off the chain,  (bang bang bang bang bang bang) 
I answer through the crack to Stanley (?), but if you like you can call me Jane. 
I'm so terribly confused (like a swan in a wormhole (?)) 
Which shoes for what dress? 
I'm happy with my nails (even Jesus wasn't jealous) and my hair's a mess. 
Bang me on the backside, bang me on the chest, 
I'm a woman inside a man, thirty-six in a Man's tight vest.