Lyrics - Born a Girl by Manic Street Preachers

Do
I look good for you tonight
Will you accuse me as
I hide
Behind these layers of disguise
In the mirrors of my own happiness
I’ve loved the freedom of being inside
Need a new start and a different time
Something grows in the space between me
And it’s twisting and changing this fragile body
And
I wish
I had been born a girl instead of what
I am
Yes
I wish
I had been born a girl and not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
The censorship of my skin
Is screaming inside and from within
There’s no room in this world for a girl like me
And place around there where
I fit in
And
I wish
I had been born a girl instead of what
I am
Yes
I wish
I had been born a girl and not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man
And not this mess of a man

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