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Not​-​a​-​Man​-​ifesto

from I Can't be Normal but I'd Like to be OK by Run-On Sunshine

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Keyboards recorded on 12/19/2019 + 1/24/2020 and vocals recorded on 4/11/2020 at Golden Catty Corner, St. Petersburg, Florida.

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Another day of misgendering
from people who don’t know me.
Though can’t correct each stranger’s slip,
because I care, want you to see.

Parents surprised at what they saw:
Ordained a name, assigned a box.
From childhood on, something seemed wrong.
Lost for words and playing a part.

Then realized in 2015: Identity is non-binary!

Do I walk or talk like a man?
Don’t think or feel like a man.
I’m not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!
Not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!

I love you Joe, adore you Bo.
You have your songs, I’ll sing this one.
I’m not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!
Not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!

Why do I always have to explain?
“You can read about it online!”
Youth are mostly on board the train
while my age seems years behind.

Can’t speak for all who identify like me,
yet have voice and mic
to say there’s more than girls and boys:
A spectrum of endless beauty.

So let’s build world where gender queers are safe to be out proud and free!

I’m not the man with the plan.
I’m not the man you think I am.
I’m not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!
Not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!

My pronouns are they/their/them.
How about the noun? I’m a person.
And not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!
Not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!

Not asking much from you.
Just consider this thought:
Everything we learned of gender
is 100 percent wrong.

I’ve trained to sing so notes now sound
more like the voice in my mind.
When I laugh it’s straight from my heart.
And all this boosts confidence.

Hips meet their swing, lips find their shine.
Shirt and bike “for ladies” say.
Express and dress to match inside.
Oh, adjective? How about pretty?

Yes I’m gentle, but I’m no man.
I’m not any kind of man.
I’m not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!
Not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!

That name you used is dead to me.
Call me "MP," or "Mullarkey!"
And not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!
Not a man, not a man, not a man, not a man!

And thank you for the time to find out who I am.

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from I Can't be Normal but I'd Like to be OK, released June 15, 2022

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