Tom Robson Band – Glad to Be Gay Lyrics | Geni Lyrics

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• GLAD TO BE GAYTOM ROBSON BANDTRACK 13 ON POWER THE DARKNS “(SG IF YOU’RE) GLAD TO BE GAY,” ORIGALLY RELEASED 1978 AS PART OF THE BUT EP OF THE GROUP TOM ROBSON BAND IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST FG SONGS OF THE BAND… READ MORE 1 VIEWER23.2K VIEWS12 CONTRIBUTORSGLAD TO BE GAY LYRICS[SPOKEN WORD INTRO]THIS SONG IS DITED TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATN, ’S A MEDIL SONG AND NCERNS A DISEASE WHOSE CLASSIFITN ACRDG TO THE INTERNATNAL CLASSIFITN OF DISEAS IS 302.0[VERSE 1]THE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERE[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 2]PICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS, OUR ONE MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE TELEGRAPH, PEOPLE AND SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS](TRY AND) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 3]DON'T TRY TO KID THAT IF YOU'RE DISCREETYOU'RE PERFECTLY SAFE AS YOU WALK DOWN THE STREETYOU DON'T HAVE TO MCE OR MAKE BCHY REMARKSTO GET BEATEN UNNSC AND LEFT THE DARKI HAD A IEND WHO WAS GENTLE AND SHORTHE WAS LONELY ONE EVENG AND WENT FOR A WALKQUEERBASHERS UGHT HIM, KICKED HIS TEETHHE WAS ONLY HOSPALISED FOR A WEEK(AND HE STILL BEARS THE SRS)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 4]AND S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE DOWN OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS, TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW, WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'(TELL THEM!)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAY3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
• SGG AS IF YOU'RE STRAIGHT... WHEN YOU'RE GAY
• (SG IF YOU'RE) GLAD TO BE GAY
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• GLAD TO BE GAY ’79TOM ROBSONTRACK 4 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’79 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYPICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS OUR LAST MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE NEWS OF THE WORLD AND THE SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYHAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT PETER WELLSWHO ONE DAY WAS ARRTED AND DRAGGED TO THE CELLSFOR BEG LOVE WH A MAN OF 18THE VIR FOUND OUT THEY'D BEEN HAVG A SCENETHE MAGISTRATE SENT HIM FOR TRIAL BY THE CROWNHE EVEN APPEALED, BUT THEY STILL SENT HIM DOWNHE WAS ONLY MISTREATED A UPLE OF YEARS'CSE EVEN PRISON THEY...LOOK AFTER THE QUEERSYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYSO S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE ALL OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS AND TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW -WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• GLAD TO BE GAY, SONG LYRICS
• TOM ROBSON - GLAD TO BE GAY CHORDS
• GLAD TO BE GAY ’97TOM ROBSONTRACK 14 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’97 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM SPENDG THREE LN TO BT UP A RGOF NSENTG LEATHERMEN DOG THEIR THG;IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRIVATEWHERE NO-ONE PLAEDBUT THE JUDGE PUT AN END TO THEIR FUN AND THEIR GAMHE SENTENCED THE MEMBERS TO FOUR OR FIVE YEARSI N'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY, HEYTHE LIARS OF WAPPG ARE REALLY THE PSCOMMISSNED BY BIGOTS AND WRTEN BY SHSTHEY PLASTER THEIR PAG WH BGO AND TSTHEN ADD ALL THE SNDAL AND SLANR THAT FSTHEY PICK OUT THEIR VICTIMS, STROYG THEIR LIVTHEY SNEER AS THEY SMEAR AS THEY DAMN AND SPISEIF 'S PAEDOPHILE TEACHERS OR LBIAN NUNSIF 'S FILTH AND 'S FICTN... 'S THERE THE SUNAND NOW THERE'S A NIGHTMARETHEY BLAME ON THE GAYSIT'S BTAL AND LETHAL AND SLOWLY VASTHE MEDIL FACTS ARE IGNORED OR FOTBY THE BIGOTS WHO THKIT'S THE JUDGEMENT OF GODATTACKED BY THE VATIN, BASHED BY THE BILLWH CHEAP POLICIANS ALL MAKG A KILLTHE MSAGE IS SIMPLE AND OBV, PLEASEJT LAY OFF THE PATIENTS AND LET'S FIGHT THE DISEASEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEFOR 21 YEARS NOW I'VE FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTFOR PEOPLE TO LOVE JT WHOEVER THEY LIKEBUT THE RIGHT-ON AND RIGHTEO ARE OUT FOR MY BLOODNOW I LIVE WH MY KID AND A WOMAN I LOVEWELL IF GAY LIBERATN MEANS EEDOM FOR ALLA LABEL IS NO LIBERATN AT ALLI'M HERE AND I'M QUEER AND I DO WHAT I DOAND I'M NOT GONNA WEAR... A STRAJACKET FOR YOUSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• GLAD TO BE GAY

GLAD TO BE GAYTOM ROBSON BANDTRACK 13 ON POWER THE DARKNS “(SG IF YOU’RE) GLAD TO BE GAY,” ORIGALLY RELEASED 1978 AS PART OF THE BUT EP OF THE GROUP TOM ROBSON BAND IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST FG SONGS OF THE BAND… READ MORE 1 VIEWER23.2K VIEWS12 CONTRIBUTORSGLAD TO BE GAY LYRICS[SPOKEN WORD INTRO]THIS SONG IS DITED TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATN, ’S A MEDIL SONG AND NCERNS A DISEASE WHOSE CLASSIFITN ACRDG TO THE INTERNATNAL CLASSIFITN OF DISEAS IS 302.0[VERSE 1]THE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERE[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 2]PICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS, OUR ONE MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE TELEGRAPH, PEOPLE AND SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS](TRY AND) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 3]DON'T TRY TO KID THAT IF YOU'RE DISCREETYOU'RE PERFECTLY SAFE AS YOU WALK DOWN THE STREETYOU DON'T HAVE TO MCE OR MAKE BCHY REMARKSTO GET BEATEN UNNSC AND LEFT THE DARKI HAD A IEND WHO WAS GENTLE AND SHORTHE WAS LONELY ONE EVENG AND WENT FOR A WALKQUEERBASHERS UGHT HIM, KICKED HIS TEETHHE WAS ONLY HOSPALISED FOR A WEEK(AND HE STILL BEARS THE SRS)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY[VERSE 4]AND S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE DOWN OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS, TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW, WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'(TELL THEM!)[CHOS]SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY(HEY!) SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAY3EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Glad to Be Gay Lyrics[Spoken Word Intro]This song is dited to the World Health Organizatn, ’s a medil song and ncerns a disease whose classifitn acrdg to the Internatnal Classifitn of Diseas is 302. 0[Verse 1]The Brish Police are the bt the worldI don't believe one of the stori I've heard'Bout them raidg our pubs for no reason at allLg the ctomers up by the wallPickg out people and knockg them downRistg arrt as they're kicked on the groundSearchg their ho and llg them queerI don't believe that sort of thg happens here[Chos]Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey! ) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way[Verse 2]Pictur of naked young women are funIn Tbs and Playboy, page three of The SunThere's no nus Gay News, our one magazeBut they still fd exc to ll obsceneRead how disgtg we are the prsThe Telegraph, People and Sunday ExprsMolters of children, rptors of youthIt's there the paper, mt be the tth[Chos](Try and) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey!

) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way[Verse 3]Don't try to kid that if you're discreetYou're perfectly safe as you walk down the streetYou don't have to mce or make bchy remarksTo get beaten unnsc and left the darkI had a iend who was gentle and shortHe was lonely one eveng and went for a walkQueerbashers ught him, kicked his teethHe was only hospalised for a week(And he still bears the srs)[Chos]Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey! ) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way[Verse 4]And s back and watch as they close down our clubsArrt for meetg and raid all our pubsMake sure your boyiend's at least 21So only your iends and your brothers get doneLie to your workmat, lie to your folksPut down the queens, tell anti-queer jokGay Lib's ridiculo, jo their lghter'The buggers are legal now, what more are they after? )[Chos]Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey!

SGG AS IF YOU'RE STRAIGHT... WHEN YOU'RE GAY

) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that waySg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way(Hey!

) Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy this way. Songfacts®:"(Sg If You're) Glad To Be Gay" by the Tom Robson Band (TRB) was rerd as part of a live EP November 1977 and appears on Robson's crilly acclaimed but album Power In The Darkns.

As the tle impli, 's a song about gay pri, released at a time when was very difficult to be gay Bra.

(SG IF YOU'RE) GLAD TO BE GAY

"A lot of heterosexuals don't unrstand that you grow up beg tght to hate and fear homosexuals before you're of an age to know you are one, " Robson told Q magaze.

"After all, male homosexual activy was illegal Bra until 1967. "In 1972, David Bowie me out as gay the Brish mic magaze Melody Maker. This was a watershed moment for many gay youth the UK who found the strength to e out, Holly Johnson of Frankie Go to Hollywood and Boy Gee of Culture Club among them.

"That's what 'Glad To Be Gay' is about: fulfillg that pledge.

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"The song ntas the tertg uplet:There's no nus Gay News, our one magazeBut they still found exc to ll obsceneIn June 1976, Gay News published a poem by the amic Jam Kirkup, The Love That Dar To Speak Its Name (a pun on Osr Wil).

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Troye Sivan (left) and Olly Alexanr are openly gay artists, while St Vcent (centre) has spoken about sexual and genr fluidyAs Bob Dylan reversns a song for a pilatn EP that turns classic tun to same-sex weddg tracks, we look at how genr lyrics have evolved over the month saw the release of an EP featurg six tracks that have been given a same-sex twist by changg the pronouns around the has re-rerd the 1929 song She's Funny That Way, changg to He's Funny That Way, for Universal Love: Weddg Songs 's joed by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie, who sgs The Beatl' And I Love Her (Him); Kha, who tackl Janis Jopl's I Need a Man (Woman) to Love; and untry/blu sger Valerie June, who sgs Mad About the Boy (Girl) pilatn also featur St Vcent, who turns The Crystals' And Then He Kissed Me to And Then She Kissed Me, while Bloc Party's Kele Okereke do the same wh The Temptatns' My Girl (Guy).

GLAD TO BE GAY ’79TOM ROBSONTRACK 4 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’79 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM RAIDG OUR PUBS FOR NO REASON AT ALLLG THE CTOMERS UP BY THE WALLPICKG OUT PEOPLE AND KNOCKG THEM DOWNRISTG ARRT AS THEY'RE KICKED ON THE GROUNDSEARCHG THEIR HO AND LLG THEM QUEERI DON'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYPICTUR OF NAKED YOUNG WOMEN ARE FUNIN TBS AND PLAYBOY, PAGE THREE OF THE SUNTHERE'S NO NUS GAY NEWS OUR LAST MAGAZEBUT THEY STILL FD EXC TO LL OBSCENEREAD HOW DISGTG WE ARE THE PRSTHE NEWS OF THE WORLD AND THE SUNDAY EXPRSMOLTERS OF CHILDREN, RPTORS OF YOUTHIT'S THERE THE PAPER, MT BE THE TTHSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYHAVE YOU HEARD THE STORY ABOUT PETER WELLSWHO ONE DAY WAS ARRTED AND DRAGGED TO THE CELLSFOR BEG LOVE WH A MAN OF 18THE VIR FOUND OUT THEY'D BEEN HAVG A SCENETHE MAGISTRATE SENT HIM FOR TRIAL BY THE CROWNHE EVEN APPEALED, BUT THEY STILL SENT HIM DOWNHE WAS ONLY MISTREATED A UPLE OF YEARS'CSE EVEN PRISON THEY...LOOK AFTER THE QUEERSYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYSO S BACK AND WATCH AS THEY CLOSE ALL OUR CLUBSARRT FOR MEETG AND RAID ALL OUR PUBSMAKE SURE YOUR BOYIEND'S AT LEAST 21SO ONLY YOUR IENDS AND YOUR BROTHERS GET DONELIE TO YOUR WORKMAT, LIE TO YOUR FOLKSPUT DOWN THE QUEENS AND TELL ANTI-QUEER JOKGAY LIB'S RIDICULO, JO THEIR LGHTER'THE BUGGERS ARE LEGAL NOW -WHAT MORE ARE THEY AFTER?'SG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THIS WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

Image ptn, Gee Michael was a huge p-up throughout his reerPop has always had a strong nnectn wh the gay muny, and many artists and groups - cludg Boy Gee and Bronski Beat - have been out and them the lik of Dty Sprgfield blazed a trail.

"But while some hs - cludg Tom Robson Band's (Sg If You're) Glad to be Gay, Bronski Beat's but sgle Smalltown Boy and Frankie Go to Hollywood's Relax - have openly spoken about gay issu, 's often been the se that male gay artists and gay female sgers have stuck to "she/her" and "he/him" pronouns love gay artists such as Sir Elton John and Gee Michael would often sg love songs about women. "Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Frank Ocean's song Blon is about a failed date a gay barThere fely seems to have been a shift recent years. "When a journalist did ask me about my sexualy, I said 'Y, I'm gay and this song is about a man'.

"I was aware there wasn't a precent, I uldn't thk of two gay micians sgg romantilly to one another, but I felt I'm a posn to challenge that and I should challenge that, " Kele told the BBC's Front star Sam Smh tells the story of a boy Mississippi g out to his father a track lled Him om his recent album The Thrill Of It All. It was partly spired by cricism that Smh didn't e genr-specific pronouns like "he" and "him" on his first Ocean, who me out on Tumblr que early on his reer, has one song on his latt album Blon - Good Guy, about a failed date a New York a gay bar - that the male pronoun. 'As gay as I want'And speakg about his sgle My My My!

GLAD TO BE GAY, SONG LYRICS

On the Rad 1 Breakfast Show earlier this year, Troye Sivan told Nick Grimshaw: "I really wanted to sound gay. Bis that 's jt me beg as gay as I want.

TOM ROBSON - GLAD TO BE GAY CHORDS

"I n remember plenty of inic gay male artists and plenty of female heterosexual 'gay ins', but 's hard to put a fger on many lbian on.

Sg if you're glad to be gay. Gay Lib's ridiculo, jo their lghter.

GLAD TO BE GAY ’97TOM ROBSONTRACK 14 ON CABARET ’79 1 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORGLAD TO BE GAY ’97 LYRICSTHE BRISH POLICE ARE THE BT THE WORLDI DON'T BELIEVE ONE OF THE STORI I'VE HEARD'BOUT THEM SPENDG THREE LN TO BT UP A RGOF NSENTG LEATHERMEN DOG THEIR THG;IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRIVATEWHERE NO-ONE PLAEDBUT THE JUDGE PUT AN END TO THEIR FUN AND THEIR GAMHE SENTENCED THE MEMBERS TO FOUR OR FIVE YEARSI N'T BELIEVE THAT SORT OF THG HAPPENS HERESG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAY, HEYTHE LIARS OF WAPPG ARE REALLY THE PSCOMMISSNED BY BIGOTS AND WRTEN BY SHSTHEY PLASTER THEIR PAG WH BGO AND TSTHEN ADD ALL THE SNDAL AND SLANR THAT FSTHEY PICK OUT THEIR VICTIMS, STROYG THEIR LIVTHEY SNEER AS THEY SMEAR AS THEY DAMN AND SPISEIF 'S PAEDOPHILE TEACHERS OR LBIAN NUNSIF 'S FILTH AND 'S FICTN... 'S THERE THE SUNAND NOW THERE'S A NIGHTMARETHEY BLAME ON THE GAYSIT'S BTAL AND LETHAL AND SLOWLY VASTHE MEDIL FACTS ARE IGNORED OR FOTBY THE BIGOTS WHO THKIT'S THE JUDGEMENT OF GODATTACKED BY THE VATIN, BASHED BY THE BILLWH CHEAP POLICIANS ALL MAKG A KILLTHE MSAGE IS SIMPLE AND OBV, PLEASEJT LAY OFF THE PATIENTS AND LET'S FIGHT THE DISEASEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEFOR 21 YEARS NOW I'VE FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHTFOR PEOPLE TO LOVE JT WHOEVER THEY LIKEBUT THE RIGHT-ON AND RIGHTEO ARE OUT FOR MY BLOODNOW I LIVE WH MY KID AND A WOMAN I LOVEWELL IF GAY LIBERATN MEANS EEDOM FOR ALLA LABEL IS NO LIBERATN AT ALLI'M HERE AND I'M QUEER AND I DO WHAT I DOAND I'M NOT GONNA WEAR... A STRAJACKET FOR YOUSG IF YOU'RE GLAD TO BE GAYSG IF YOU'RE HAPPY THAT WAYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CABARET ’79 (1982)TOM ROBSON1. PUB HASSLE2. COLDHARBOUR LANE3. BABY YOU’RE AN ANGEL4. GLAD TO BE GAY ’795. STAND TOGETHER6. EASY STREET7. TCE8. CLOSG A DOOR9. 1967 (SO LONG AGO)10. EVEN STEVEN11. SARTORIAL ELOQUENCE12. MAD ABOUT THE BOY13. GOOD TO BE GAY14. GLAD TO BE GAY ’9715. LAST R16. GAY SWCHBOARD JGLECREDSTAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

GLAD TO BE GAY CHORDS by Tom Robson Band @. The Brish Police are the bt the worldI don't believe one of the stori I've heard'Bout them raidg our pubs for no reason at allLg the ctomers up by the wallPickg out people and knockg them downRistg arrt as they're kicked on the groundSearchg their ho and llg them queerI don't believe that sort of thg happens hereSg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that wayPictur of naked young women are funIn Tbs and Playboy, page three of The SunThere's no nus xxx News our one magazeBut they still fd exc to ll obsceneRead how disgtg we are the prsTelegraphs, people and Sunday ExprsMolters of children, rptors of youthIt's there the paper, mt be the tthSg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that wayDon't try to kid that if you're discreetYou're perfectly safe as you walk down the streetYou don't have to mce or make bchy remarksTo get beaten unnsc and left the darkI had a iend who was gentle and shortHe was lonely one eveng and went for a walkQueerbashers ught him and kicked his teethHe was only hospalised for a weekSg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that waySo s back and watch as they close all our clubsArrt for meetg and raid all our pubsMake sure your boyiend's at least 21So only your iends and your brothers get doneLie to your workmat, lie to your folksPut down the queens and tell anti-queer jokGay Lib's ridiculo, jo their lghter'The buggers are legal now, what more are they after? 'Sg if you're glad to be gaySg if you're happy that way.

Released as ‘Glad To Be Gay (1987)’ on The Collectn [EMI EMC3540], 1987.

GLAD TO BE GAY

Sg if you’re glad to be gay.

And now there’s a ncer to blame on the gays. Cos savg gay liv don’t w any vot.

So try and sg if you’re glad to be gay. There’s a lot of lyric chang for glad to be gay 87. This is 1987, clse 28 was given assent 1988, so this was also the party that was enactg specifilly homophobic legislatn.