If I Were a Boy

If you follow one of my other blogs, you'll know I'll resort to song lyrics to express myself - there's something about music and the words on songs that makes the message so much more powerful, rather than subtle lines that go unnoticed in stories.

I post song lyrics that describe how I'm feeling - I'll take them from songs I know and like, or I'll write them myself.

The lyrics below are the words to Beyonce's song 'If I Were A Boy'. This is how I'm feeling right now. (Here's the video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVTyLqkez6A)

If I were a boy,
Even just for a day;
I'd roll out of bed in the morning,
And throw on what I wanted,
And go.

Drink beer with the guys,
And chase after girls;
I'd kick it with who I wanted,
And I'd never get confronted for it;
'Cause they stick up for me.

If I were a boy,
I think I could understand;
How it feels to love a girl,
I swear I'd be a better man.

I'd listen to her,
'Cause I know how it hurts;
When you lose the one you wanted,
'Cause he's taking you for granted;
And everything you had got destroyed.

If I were a boy,
I would turn off my phone;
Tell everyone it's broken,
So they'd think that I was sleeping alone.

I'd put myself first,
And make the rules as I go;
'Cause I know that she'd be faithful,
Waiting for me to come home.

If I were a boy,
I think I could understand;
How it feels to love a girl,
I swear I'd be a better man.

I'd listen to her,
'Cause I know how it hurts;
When you lose the one you wanted,
'Cause he's taking you for granted;
And everything you had got destroyed.

It's a little too late for you to come back;
Say it's just a mistake,
Think I'd forgive you like that;
If you thought I would wait for you,
You thought wrong.

But you're just a boy,
You don't understand;
How it feels to love a girl,
Someday you'll wish you were a better man.

You don't listen to her,
You don't care how it hurts;
Until you lose the one you wanted,
'Cause you're taking her for granted;
And everything you had got destroyed.

But you're just a boy...