I gaze at the girls in our neighborhood
And I envy their pretty skirts
But it’s more than a skirt or a pretty dress
Being me is what really hurts

I wish I could marry and have a child
Or just maybe a single kiss?
Any kind of a woman is who I’d be
Just as long as I’m not like this?

I go to my room, where I’m hardly sleeping
Not knowing why God has created me
I just know that my life will be filled with weeping
If this is all I’ll ever be
 
 
How to Explain an Issue Like Transgender 2
 
How to explain an issue like transgender?
How do you fine’ly tell your mom and dad?
How to explain an issue that’s so tender?
When every look just makes us feel so sad?

Many's the time I've wanted to just shake them
Why can’t they understand who I am?
It’s not that they don’t love me
Their love is just plain to see
I know that they really really give a damn

Oh just how do I tell them I’m transgender?
When will they fine’ly see just who I am?
 
 
I am Sixteen Going on Seventeen 3
 

I am sixteen going on seventeen,
Daddy, please understand?
If I don’t act soon
It’s just a fact, soon
I’ll end up looking like a man!

I am sixteen going on seventeen
Mommy please listen do
If I start blockers you
Won’t be shocked
and I might just look like you

I shouldn’t have to tell you, Mom
Gee, it’s really there to see
Since I’ve been wanting to dress like you
And wear your finery

You should call up Dr. Lambretta
So she can tell you two
I’m a girl, Dad and not a boy, Mom
Please I’m depending on you
 
 
My Least Fav'rite Things 4
(With a tip of the hat to Calpurnia Addams)

Oh, please don’t think of me as evasive
Your question just now was so rude and invasive
Acting as if some how you know me…you don’t
Expecting me now to just answer; I won’t!

Telling me that as a woman you accept me
While making distinctions that outright reject me!
What I am wearing, be pants or a dress
Will never define me I feel need to confess.

You look at me and you say you don’t mind me
Which doesn’t jibe with how others might find me
You patronize with each word that you say
Leaving me worse than the previous day

When I tell you I’m a woman
Please don’t stand and stare
I’m simply the girl whom I have always been
And as for your thoughts? I don’t care!
 
 
I Feel Like Hell 5
 
So long, farewell, I wish you’d really leave
Your patronizing make me want to grieve
Da da da la da dadada
Da da da la da da
Da da

You say you want to know just who I am
I told you, yes, but you don’t give a damn
Da da da la da dadada
Da da da la da da
Da da

So leave me now, oh please just go away
You’ve proven who you really are today!
Da da da la da dadada
Da da da la da da
Da da

You said you heard but do you really care
You close your ears; you’d really rather stare
Da da da la da dadada
Da da da la da da
Da da

I’m not a thing that you can point and claim
That you know me? You don’t even know my name!
Da da da la da dadada
Da da da la da da
Da da

I’m sick of this…it really makes me sad
I’m not alone…you’ve made so many mad

We’re mad
Da da da la da dadada
Da da da la da da

Too sad!
Da da da la da dadada
Da da da la da da

We’re sad…..

So sad….

And the Grand Finale...
 
 
Welcome to Our World! 6
 
Welcome to our world
Where we do exist
Surgery and hormones
Address a life like this

Consult physicians
Ask every Shrink
And you will transition
Move from blue to pink

I wish I could wish
That we wouldn’t feel strange
Gee, too bad but in this world
Sadly, not all of us will change

Ask all your sisters
Who’ve gone before
Gather strength from their hearts
To walk through that door!

I know that I’ve found
Life from knowing you all
And it’s in knowing that life
That I’ve answered my call

2 How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria

3 I am Sixteen

4 My Favorite Things

5 So Long, Farewell