She gave you everything she had
But she was young and dumb
She'd just turned twenty-one
She didn't care to hang around
So when the shit came down
Why she was nowhere to be found
This life can turn a good girl bad
She was the sweetest thing
That you had ever seen

You're such a delicate boy
In the hysterical realm
Of an emotional landslide
In physical terms

With your cherry lips and golden curls
You could make grown men gasp
When you'd go walking past them
In your hot pants and high heels
They could not believe
That such a body was for real
It seemed like rainbows would appear
Whenever you came near the clouds would disappear
Because you looked just like a girl
Your baby blues would flash
And suddenly a spell was cast

You hold a candle in your heart
You shine the light on hidden parts
You make the whole world wanna dance
You bought yourself a second chance

Go Baby Go Go
We're right behind you
Go baby Go Go
Yeah we're looking at you
Go baby Go GO
Aw we're right behind you
Go Baby
Go Baby
Yeah we're looking at you
Go



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Track duration: 03:13


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    Song Meaning:Yeah, I totally agree with merchantpierece. The song is inspired by two books; Sarah and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things by J.T. Leroy.
    Flagged cori201on October 24, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:What a great song! :)
    Flag WhopperBuzzon December 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:PEOPLE!

    she wrote it about J.T Leroy.
    She was a really big fan of his books.
    he was a boy that presented himself as a female. and the song is about him.

    but in 2006 it come out that it was ALL a hoax.
    J.T Leroy was a fake. "He" was actually a girl, dressed as a boy pretending to be a girl.
    weird hey?
    Sovannah Knoop is her name. and she now has a book called "Girl Boy Girl"
    read it!
    Flag yeahYEAHbabeon May 06, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:You hold a candle in your heart
    You shine a light on hidden parts

    I like the acceptance of all people, each with our own unique way of bringing the hidden parts to the whole of the way the world works.
    Flag AmberBon March 14, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Well it would make sense if it is about a crossdressing teenage boy. Watch the music video on Youtube. At the end, Shirley pisses standing up so that would seem to confirm the story being written about a man in drag. I always wondered about that, I thought she was just being cheeky.
    Flag MadamGulon September 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:IDK If anyone has seen Planet Terror, but this song kinda reminds me of Cherry Darling from it, maybe because of the name but probably more.
    Flag PRETTiEon March 29, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song its so funny because it talks about someting no other song has talked about and its about a cross dresser and i find that funny i also love the music! lol
    Flag corazon180on January 31, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I thought it was also about a boy dressing up as a girl when I first heard it.

    The lines that made me look into it deeper were:
    "You're such a delicate boy, In the hysterical realm
    Of an emotional landslide, In physical terms" which obviously uses the words boy (Which could also be referring to someone else of course), but it states emotional landslide in physical terms which I read into as he is disguising his manhood.

    Also: "Because you looked just like a girl, Your baby blues would flash, And suddenly a spell was cast" which I read as the illusion was complete, and finally:

    "You bought yourself a second chance" which I believe means that it's like a new life when he's posing as a blonde bouncy girl.
    Flag Kuromion November 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I'm so glad this is finally solved. Btw, if you happen to like 'Sarah', you might want to check out Middlesex. It's a really deep novel (incredibly deep and completely fantastic!) and the main character is a hermaphrodite.
    Flag Rindy Rosson October 26, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:hey,
    all the stuff about JT Leroy is right. If you want a bit more knowledge about it, check out the movie "The heart is deceitful above all things". it's based on his novel of the same name. it's rated R though, and pretty intense, but a great movie.
    it's about sarah and her son, who goes on to be the cross-dresser prostitute.
    Flag lalialon October 11, 2007   Link

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