Dar Williams - When I Was a Boy

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This song's write-up is located here:
http://meetinmontauk.com/2008/10/15/s...

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[Sheena Hill]

This song doesn't have to be limited to gay or transgendered people. It is suiting for a lot of children. Children who are allowed to be who they are often blur gender lines until someone makes them fit into the "proper" gender roles My Dad had no sons, so my sister and I helped him tinker. I am 48 & I still refuse to fit the proper gender roles. I cook, bake, sew, repair electronics, shoot a gun, tinker with cars, wear pretty clothes & sweet perfume, and I'm happy being a woman who was a boy.

[Michael P]

@braindog12 true dat

[meishuu]

Well said :)

[dewiniaeth]

Well said, sheenque. :) So relate to this song.

[IHaveNoFreeTime]

I'd actually be fine with being a repairing electronics and shooting a gun but still having the right to be a girl.

[usamuun]

Tuxedo Mask... 90s childhood love, high-five.

[Thomas Hinds]

I disagree with the poster's opening statement in his/her critique (song write-up link) of Ms Williams. From listening to the CDs I have of her, she is rarely, if never, mediocre. And she is often, if not always, brilliant. Her songs are intelligent beyond the norm. She is a wonderful poet of Americana!

[unholyftw]

im transgender and i can really connect to this song. i am happy to be a woman and will live my live as a woman regardless of what anyone thinks.

[2prevail]

This is such an amazing song, loved it from the first time I heard it.

[KyaStar]

I am a girl. But that didn't mean I didn't spend my childhood wanting to be Robin Hood and Tuxedo Mask (A tux and roses? He had style). This song is so wonderful.

[skunky1991]

@mikelob217 you're means you are. You are wrong.

Oh i do love trolling trolls.

To be honest, this song is not my cup of tea but that's just the style, i appreciate that others enjoy it and i'm definitely all for its message.

Its a damn shame that everyone just wants to steriotype people instead of just letting them be as they wish.

[miceruletheworld42]

I love this song and I love Dar Williams. It's so sad how women are told that they have to be protected and wear clothes that are uncomfortable so that they can look attractive and it's so sad that men aren't allowed to cry and talk about their emotions. Makes me want to cry how ignorant people are sometimes. Gender stereotypes suck.