Born a Girl
Manic Street Preachers * Track #9 On This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours
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Born a Girl by Manic Street Preachers
Release Date
Performed by
Manic Street PreachersProduced by
Mike HedgesWrited by
Nicky Wire & Sean Moore & James Dean BradfieldAbout
“Born a Girl” is the most pure and blissful track on This is My Truth Tell Me Yours, featuring only some delicately picked broken guitar chords and an accordion as an accompaniment for James Dean Bradfield’s vocals. The falsetto vocals and overall atmosphere of the song take inspiration from the lat...
Born a Girl Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Do I look good for you tonight?
Will you accuse me as I hide
Behind these layers of disguise
And the mirrors of my own happiness
I've loved the freedom of being inside
Need a new start and a different time
Something grows in the space between me
And it's twisting and changing this fragile body
[Chorus]
And I wish I had been born a girl
Instead of what I am
Yes, I wish I had been born a girl
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
[Verse 2]
The censorship of my skin
Is screaming inside and from within
There's no room in this world for a girl like me
No place around there where I fit in
[Chorus]
And I wish I had been born a girl
Instead of what I am
Yes, I wish I had been born a girl
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
Born a Girl Q&A
Who wrote Born a Girl's ?
Born a Girl was written by Nicky Wire & Sean Moore & James Dean Bradfield.
Who produced Born a Girl's ?
Born a Girl was produced by Mike Hedges.
When did Manic Street Preachers release Born a Girl?
Manic Street Preachers released Born a Girl on Mon Sep 14 1998.
What did Manic Street Preachers say about "Born a Girl"?
If I get, ‘What a fucking poofter,’ who fucking cares? Obviously I’m famous for not being androgynous like Nick and Richey were, so because I’m singing someone else’s emotions and ideals I have to describe it to people, like addressing small child: No, he’s not gay, no he’s not a Madam Jo-Jo TV, but...