If you're familiar with the jazz singer Ute Lemper, you might have heard her interpretation of the Danny O'Keefe song, "You Look Just Like A Girl Again." Although written about a cis woman from the viewpoint of an admirer, to those of us of a certain age who may have missed out on that stage of our lives, it elicits an emotional frisson. Because in the mirror we hold within us, we can see the girl we might have been...again.

You Look Just Like a Girl Again

I know you must get weary
Of the years you can not hide
But sometimes when your eyes, smiling
I can still see the girl, inside
In the dark I can be so many men
In the dark you're every woman then
But in the light I can see your face again
In the light, you look just like a girl again
You look just like a girl again.

All these tender moments then we had our dreams upon
Can we ever be as children or are we now so far beyond
And the light gets me drifting way back when
Tonight in the light, oh baby,
You look just like a girl again, like a girl again,
You look just like a girl again, like a girl again
You look just like a girl again, like a girl again

And the light gets me drifting way back when
Tonight in the light, oh baby,
You look just like a girl again, like a girl again
You look just like a girl again, like a girl again
You look just like a girl again, like a girl again

Songwriters: Danny O'keefe
You Look Just Like a Girl Again lyrics © Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp., Road Canon Music, Inc.

Here's Ute Lemper's beautiful rendition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Amx7AknzE

Enjoy!