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Two Nice Girls - I Spent My Last $10.00 (On Birth Control and Beer) (1989)
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Lyrics excerpt...
...
When I was a young girl like normal girls do
I looked to a woman's love to help get me through
I never needed any more than a feminine touch
I hated the thought of kissing a man, it really was too much
I did not drink, I did not smoke, I did not say "goddamn"
I was polite, I was sensitive before I loved a man
My family, they were proud of me were proud of what I am
But then along came Lester and my tell of woe began
[Chorus]
I spent my last ten dollars on birth control and beer
My life was so much simpler when I was sober and queer
But the love of a strong hairy man has turned my head I fear
And made me spend my last ten bucks on birth control and beer
[Verse 2]
It was June 1983 when Mary Lou and I did part
She said she loved another ----, my god it broke my heart
I was bitter and disillusioned to lose another girlfriend
But Lester came to work at Papa's store and decided to ease on in
Before my last heartbreak nothing made me more sick
Than a hairy-chested, cheap double-breasted suited man with a---------
I guess that I was curious, heck I guess that I was young
I guess it was that old rum and coke I guess that I was dumb
For of course, for a woman to love a man she must also love to booze
If a woman don't drink beside her man then she will surely lose him
As I sit in this hetero honky-tonk and reflect upon my past
I think about those old girlfriends and why they did not last
For there's certain thrills that lesbian love simply cannot supply
Like paying for abortions from sperm gone awry
And so I say to you my friends without this man I'd die
So listen to my tell of woe and hang your head and cry
...
Boys Don't Cry.
That's cultural oppression too.
And as an English boy at the time, you're encouraged not to show your emotion to any degree. And I couldn't help but show my emotions when I was younger. I never found it awkward showing my emotions. I couldn't really continue without showing my emotions; you'd have to be a pretty boring singer to do that. So I kind of made a big thing about it. I thought, Well, it's part of my nature to rail against being told not to do something'.[4]
Wikipedia link probably won't make it,
en.m.wikipedia.org(The_Cure_song)
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