I'd been listening to the song, Jessie's Girl by Rick Springfield, when I started wondering what the song might be like if a few of the words were changed. The results of that musing can be found in the lyrics below. :)
Jessi's Girl
by Heather Rose Brown
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Jessi is a friend.
Yeah, I know she's been
A good friend of mine.
But lately something's changed
That can not be undone.
Jessi's looking for a girl,
And I want to be the one.
And she'll watching me with those eyes.
And she'll be lovin' me with that body.
I just know it.
Yeah she'll be holding me in her arms late, late at night.
You know, I wish that I was Jessi's girl.
I wish that I was Jessi's girl.
I would become a woman for that.
I'd play along with the charade.
There wouldn't seem to be a reason to change.
You know, I'll feel so silly,
When I start talking cute.
Then I'll tell her that I love her,
But the point is probably moot.
'Cos she'll be watching me with those eyes,
And she'll be lovin' me with that body.
I just know it.
And she'll be holding me in her arms late, late at night.
Yeah, Jessi's girl.
I wish that I was Jessi's girl.
I would become a woman.
I would become a woman for that.
And I'm lookin' in the mirror all the time,
Wondering what she would see in me.
It's been funny,
Nothing else seems to rhyme.
Ain't that the way
Love's supposed to be?
You know, I would become a woman for that.
You know, I wish that I was Jessi's girl.
I wish that I was Jessi's girl.
To be Jessi's girl,
I would become a woman for that. Yeah
Jessi's girl.
I wish that I was Jessi's girl.
I want to be Jessi's girl.
Comments
That is VERY cute. I know
That is VERY cute. I know and love the song, so reading it I kept hearing the tune and the real lyrics with it.
But that's a good filk.
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May the Stars Light Your Path
Maid Joy
http://i-know-i-know-but.net/
Brava! Splendido!
Brilliant and lovely...part...a lot of me says "Me too!" Thank you!
She was born for all the wrong reasons but grew up for all the right ones.
Con grande amore e di affetto, Andrea Lena
Love, Andrea Lena
Me too!
As a radio DJ for ten or so years in the 80s and 90s, I had ample chance to change at least parts of the lyrics to songs, including "Jessi's Girl". Only in the bridge I used "I wish that I was Jessi's girl .. Why can't I be a woman like her?"
Another good one is "California Girls", by the Beach Boys (only in my reality they're the all-trans group the Beach Bunnies!). "We wish we all could be California girls".
I actually use this last bit as part of my guest lectures, where I try to have students relate if they were on a mythical "Planet Stonewall", where it's the *straights* having to fight for their rights, etcetera. I think it really opens their eyes...