First up? An old classic that your grand parents may remember? From 1950, by that dear sweet girl folks grew to love, Paddy McPaige -
 
Genessee Waltz
 
I was looking in her closet one evening last summer;

a summer I’ll never forget.

Found a cami and a half slip which were soft and so attractive,

but which left me with one big regret.

Oh I’ll never resemble a star like Jean Hagen;

I’d settle for Vivian Vance

Can’t afford any surgery or even enhancements;

which I’d wear if I just had the chance!

 
and next up, a sad but catchy tune by that gorgeous Italian-American T-Girl Next Door, Constantly Frances, from 1958 -
 

Who's Salvatore Now?
 
Who’s Sally now? Who’s Sally now?

He was a boy but as a girl, gee but wow?

I must confess he looks great in a dress

You might just say he’s much more with much less.

Who’s he today? What’s that you say?

He isn’t a he anymore?

Salvatore, si, has become quite a she;

I guess that her wife’s sorry now!

 
...and who can forget the British Invasion. Singing their big hit from 1964, the Beat L-Girls -
 

She Loves Who?
 
You think you’ve lost your girl

Well I saw her yesterday

It ain’t you she’s thinking of

‘cause she told me what to say

She said she hates you

And you know you make her mad

After transition

She said you’re pathetic and sad oooo

She hates you yeah yeah yeah

She hates you yeah yeah yeah

With a hate like that

You know you shoo-ooo-ould be sad!!!!

Yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah

....hey kids, especially you dear, sweet Canucks, here's a popular tune from 1967, by the Youngbuds -
 
Get to Be Heather!

Gender is a fluid thing

No matter what they say...

Girls are boys and boys are girls

Each and every day...

It gets real personal

So just don't have a cow!

Come on people now;

Say bye to brother

Everybody take a deep breath and

Say hello to your new sister right now!

(Right now! Right Now!)

* * * * *

...and now for a sad lament from one of the 70's top recording artist, Still-A-Son! It's that great hit from 1972 -
 

Can't Live (If Livin' Means I'm Not Me!)
 

Oh I looked into the mirror

and was very disappointed

Since I’d rather be a girl than be a boy

I don’t know how it is that I live without joy

Without joy.

 
Can’t live…if living is without me

Can’t live like this anymore

Don’t know if I can still continue

Can’t live my life as a boy
 

...pass out the hankies, kids! And now, from all the way back in 1978, the Piano Girl herself, Billie-Joellen, sings her big hit,
 

Just the Way I'm Not!
 

Don’t go changin’ just to appease me

I don’t appreciate your tone

It’s not amusing when you’re so pleasant

I might as well be all alone

I don’t want someone

Who’s patronizing

Politically correct in every way

I just want someone who understands me

And knows that trans ain’t always gay……
 

I need a someone who will always see

I'm not the you you see outside

Understand there are those

Who can't handle the real me

So I just have to hide inside
 

I don't want clever words of banter

I don't have time at all for those

And just remember this single answer

Being Tee is more than clothes!
 

....coming up next, that classic 80's band performing their one-hit-wonder; from 1985, here's Hems for Femmes,
singing -
 

Everybody Wants to Be a Girl?
 

Welcome to this life

There's no going back

Just don’t go and weep

We will find you in your true nature

no matter what the nomenclature

Everybody wants to be a girl
 

...one of my personal favorites from 1981, that great British band, The Poor T's, playing that painfully obvious and totally self - deprecating -
 

Every Fucking Thing I Do (Is Tragic!)

Well I’ve tried before to tell them

Of the feelings I have about me in my heart

Every time they just turn me off

I lose all hope

As I’ve felt from the start
 

Every fucking thing I do is tragic

Everything I do just turns to dust

Even though my life is far from magic

Still I know I need someone to trust
 

Should I have to tell my story

Of a million years since I was born

An unnecessary burden

But it’s only me left feeling all alone
 

Every fucking thing I do is tragic

Everything I do just turns to dust

Even though my life is far from magic

Still I know I need someone to trust
 

I resolve to confront them a million times a day

But they're dispassonate no matter what I say
 

But disappointment has gripped me

Long before I speak a word

Long before my self betrays me

Must I always be unheard
 

Every fucking thing I do is tragic

Everything I do just turns to dust

Even though my life is far from magic

Still I know I need someone to trust
 

Every fucking thing I do is tragic

Everything I do just turns to dust

Even though my life is far from magic

Still I know I need someone to trust
 

on and

on and

on and

on and on and on
 

Every fucking thing

Every fucking thing

Every fucking thing

Every fucking thing
 

Every fucking thing I do

Every fucking thing I do

Every fucking thing I do

Every fucking thing I do - thing I do is tragic
 

eyo eyo eyo eyo eyo eyoeyooooooah

(Terrific bass, yes?)
 

and finally, one of my favorite groups playing one of my favorite songs, from 2003, it's Opalescence singing -
 

Bring Me Some Ice (Nurse, Does this Intercom Actually Work?)
 

How can I see when you’re still standing in front of me

I can’t even hear what the announcer’s saying

I want to hear….just what is going on right now

Please tell me dear what happened today
 

Turn it off (Don’t go run and hide)

Turn it off (It feels better inside)

Leave it off (Don’t go run away)

Read a book (Distract me now today)
 

My doctor told me it would hurt

but not as much as this hurts now

It really hurts but worth the pain and how

I never knew just how much pain a dream could be

But it’s still better much better to be me
 

Turn it off (Where is my nurse now)

Turn it off (my meds have worn off now)

Leave it off (Don’t go run away)

Read a book (Distract me now today)
 

Stuck in this room without a book without a zine

I don’t know what I’d do without your love…….
 

Turn it off (Where is my nurse now)

Turn it off (my meds have worn off now)

Leave it off (Don’t go run away)

Read a book (Distract me now today)

Tennessee Waltz
words and music by
Redd Steward and Pee Wee King
performed by
Miss Patti Paige
 

Who's Sorry Now?
words and music by
Bert Kalmer and Harry Ruby
and Ted Snyder
performed by
Miss Connie Francis
 

She Loves You!
words and music by
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
and performed by
The Beatles
 

(Everybody) Get Together
words and music by
Chet Powers
as performed by
The Youngbloods
 

Can't Live (If Livin' Is Without You
words and music by
Peter Ham and Tom Evans
as performed by
Harry Nillson
 

Just the Way You Are
words and music and
performed by
Billy Joel
 

Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley,
and Chris Hughes
Performed by
Tears for Fears
 

Every Little Thing (She Does Is Magic)
words and music by
Sting
Performed by The Police
 

Bring Me To Life
words and music
and performed by
Evanescence