IF I WERE GAY CHORDS (ver 2) by Stephen Lynch @

Contents:

• AM I GAY?
• HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY
• WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE GREAT GAY PLAY? EVERYTHG.
• STEPHEN LYNCH - IF I WERE GAY CHORDS
• THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED
• KISS FRONTMAN PL STANLEY: ‘IF I WERE GAY, I’D BE PROUD’ – VIDEO
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY THEATER, THREE ACTS
• IF I WERE GAY
• OH BO (STUD)BO BURNHAMTRACK 2 ON WORDS WORDS WORDS PRODUCED BYKOOL KEH & JACK VGHNBO THIS SONG TO POT OUT A LOT OF WHAT FAMO SGERS/SONGWRERS DO WRONG. HE ALSO TO SHOW THAT HIP HOP IS NO LONGER WHAT ED TO BE, BUT IS NOW JT FULL… READ MORE OCT. 19, 20101 VIEWER136.5K VIEWS87 CONTRIBUTORSOH BO (STUD) LYRICS[INTRO]I FEEL LIKE HIP HOPUSED TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELS, Y'KNOW?AND NOW 'S BEE, AT LEAST THE MASTREAMA SYMBOL OF MISOGYNY, GAY PANIC, FISL IRRPONSIBILYSO I FIGUREIF YOU N'T BEAT 'EMJO 'EM[VERSE 1]HT' THE CLUB UP VIPI GOT A FAKE MTACHE AND A FAKE IDI LOOK LIKE WOOLY WILLYWH A REALLY WOOLY WILLYAND I BYPASS THE BOUNCERPASS BY AN EX AND I FLEX AND BOUNCE HER, WOWSERLOOK AT ALL OF BO'S HOLOOKG FOR A RI ON BO'S HOSEAND I SPOT A LTLE LATO, BOOTY SO BIG LL OPRAH'S EGOWE GO DO , THROUGH , SHE SAYS, "DS MIA MI AMIGO!"PULL OUT, STICK YOUR MOUTH, AND I BT THE BACK OF YASWALLOW BCH, THERE'S PEOPLE STARVG AI![CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY—YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]YOU'RE AN ICE CREAM SUNDAE WH A CHERRY ON TOPBUT REFUL, CHERRY, E I'M THE KG OF POPPOP POP POP GO MY WEASELNOW YA LOOK LIKE JACKSON POLLOCK'S EASELMY SUGGTN IS YOU DON'T BLOW 'TIL YOU KNOW WHAT NGTN ISSWALLOW WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT DIGTN ISFOLLOW BO, THE ONLY QUTN ISHAVE YOU BEEN SPLATTERED BEFORE BY THE MAD-HATTER MATADOR?CAKE-BATTER NEVER MOREIT DON'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE SPANISH, FRENCH, SWEDISH OR CAMBODIANI'LL SLIME YOU SO HARD YOU ULD BE ON NICKELOON[CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY “OH, BO”[POST-CHOS]OH BO-O, OH BO, BOA-A-OH BO, OH BO, OH BO[VERSE 3]YOU THK THAT YOU N HANDLE ME?GIRL, DON'T MAKE ME LGHI SAID MY JUNK IS BIPOLARIT'LL SPL YOU HALF, YEAHAND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, I MIGHT JT BRG YOU HOMEAND I'LL HAVE YOU GOG DOWN LIKE YOU'RE GROW' AN EXTRA CHROMOSOMEAND WHEN YOU GRAB ME, DON'T GRAB ME BY MY BUNSCSE I GOT A BAD SE OF THE NSI GOT THE NSI GOT THE NS[CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY “OH, BO”[BRIDGE]I WANNA BREAK DOWN FOR Y'ALLI ME OM THE STREETS, WH NOTH'NOW I'M MAK' H RERDSFOR MY PEOPLE STILL LIV' THE STREETSSTILL LIV' POVERTY, I WANNA TELL YOUI'M DO' THIS FOR YOUMY SUCCS IS YOUR SUCCSAND I KNOW YOU MAY BE THK'“HEY, IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THATWHY DON'T YOU E SOME OF YOUR MONEYTO HELP REBUILD THE NEIGHBORHOODINSTEAD OF PUTTG SPNG RIMS ON A GOLD JET SKI?”AND TO THAT I SAY:[INTERLU]UH, CHOS IS ' UP[CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY—UH UH![VERSE 4]YOU GOT A FUME LIKE A TUNAI'LL SMELL YA LATERI MET A FAT CHICK AND I FUCKED HER AN ELEVATORIT WAS WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELSIT WAS WRONG ON SO MANY LE-LE-LE-LEVELSIT WAS WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS, UNIT WAS WRONG ON, WAS WRONG ON, WAS WRONG ON[OUTRO]SGLE EVERY SGLEDO EVERY SGLEPOP THAT SGLE LIKE A PRGLE JGLE “OH, BO”THIS SONG'S ALMOST PLETEDALL THIS LTLE DTY NEEDINSTMENT THAT'S DOUBLE REED: THE OBOEYEAH, OH, BO, PLAY THAT OBOE15EMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN2 NTRIBUTORSBO THIS SONG TO POT OUT A LOT OF WHAT FAMO SGERS/SONGWRERS DO WRONG. HE ALSO TO SHOW THAT HIP HOP IS NO LONGER WHAT ED TO BE, BUT IS NOW JT FULL OF “MISOGYNY, GAY PANIC, FISL IRRPONSIBILY.”EXPAND +145SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “OH BO (STUD)” BY BO BURNHAM?WHEN DID BO BURNHAM RELEASE “OH BO (STUD)”?WHO WROTE “OH BO (STUD)” BY BO BURNHAM?WORDS WORDS WORDS (2010)BO BURNHAM1. WORDS WORDS WORDS (STUD)2. OH BO (STUD)3. WHAT’S FUNNY4. ​EX-GIRLIEND / RACIAL HUMOR5. MEN & WOMEN6. ​ONE MAN SHOWS7. IRONIC8. ​BARY REALY9. WORDS WORDS WORDS10. A PRAYER / HOW DO WE FIX AI?11. HAIK / SON / SHAKPEARE12. RANT13. ​THEORETIL DICK JOK / STATISTICS14. ART IS DEAD15. ​TRADNAL STAND-UP16. OH BOCREDSPRODUCED BYKOOL KEH & JACK VGHNWRTEN BYBO BURNHAMRELEASE DATEOCTOBER 19, 2010OH BO (STUD) LIVE PERFORMANCOH BO BY BO BURNHAMTAGSPOPCOMEDYEXPAND 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
• IF YOU WERE GAY LYRICS

AM I GAY?

Gay - While this adjective has historilly scribed men who are attracted to other men, the term now is ed to refer to anyone who experienc romantic, emotnal, or physil attractn to people of the same genr. Keep md that even if you have a sexual experience wh someone of the same genr or another genr, that don’t necsarily mean that you’re gay.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE GAY

That means, for example, that you n be transgenr but also straight (for stance, you might intify as a woman and feel attracted to men) or gay (e. If you have had romantic experienc or fantasi volvg people who are the same genr as you, then there is a good chance you are gay or bisexual, but 's okay if you're a ltle nfed.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTCric’s NotebookIn recent shows, ias of gayns are expandg, bg and disappearg all at WisemanI don’t know whether was bee my parents were jt generally open-md, or bee they had a specific, kdly yet mortifyg agenda, but one of the first Broadway plays they took me to, June of 1977, was way too gay for fort.

The first phas of the gay play, ccial their moment, which broadly speakg enpassed the send half of the 20th century, are over. Some, like “A Strange Loop” and “Fat Ham, ” dramatize how the experience of racism amplifi that of homophobia, and vice fy expectatns by makg sexual orientatn a distctly sendary ncern among characters who “happen to be” gay or lbian, as “A Case for the Existence of God” and “At the Weddg.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE GREAT GAY PLAY? EVERYTHG.

When a (male) love tert enters the picture, and they sg Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” as a duet, you feel somethg new has happened, as ntroversy melts to a blissful cloud of nonbary bubble is the equalizg, homogenizg fluence of pop culture at work — an fluence that some queer people unrstandably mistst. Jackson’s “A Strange Loop” go further, makg the cross-pollatn of inty the prime source of s nflict, as the ma character nonts both the homophobia of his Black fay and the racism of his queer one. ) Its body, race and orientatn issu are left a kd of stalemate that suggts what might happen if a foundatnal gay play like “The Boys the Band” (which had only one Black character) were multiplied fun hoe mirrors ad fum.

That the Hamlet figure, lled Juicy, is Black and gay, wh an termtent csh on a Laert-like iend, suggts that the queer theme will domate, yet don’t; “Fat Ham” is really a play about Black masculy and, even more broadly, the vlent herance all men mt renounce. ” Beltran portrays a gay Black man hopg to adopt the young girl he’s been Klwich/The New York TimMy other favore queer plays of the past year likewise offer no bands; their gay characters (there are still far too few lbian on) operate as if their gayns were mostly ternal and pletely irrelevant. Hunter’s heartbreakg “A Case for the Existence of God, ” that turns out to be an illn, as a gay Black man, after fosterg a ltle girl for more than three years, fds his plan to adopt her undone at the last mute.

If there are subtle ways which their sexual inti affect their character or behavr, they were too subtle for me; miss a le or two and you may not even know that gayns is a part of their makp at mak sense plays about cris that threaten to oblerate a person entirely: genr, race, orientatn and all. Francis, the closeted llege stunt “Gemi, ” probably did; if he lived through AIDS, I expect he achieved full five-star gay privilege, plete wh marriage, children and Crate & Barrel chee boards.

STEPHEN LYNCH - IF I WERE GAY CHORDS

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THE HIDN GAY LIV FALLY BEG UNVERED

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KISS FRONTMAN PL STANLEY: ‘IF I WERE GAY, I’D BE PROUD’ – VIDEO

But when I heard people ravg about the show, wrten by Rsell T Davi, I was stck by how many of them admted to knowg ltle about the epimic – and the stctn wreaked among the gay muny. That’s bee, even today's much more acceptg society, the history of the gay and lbian muny is largely a fotten history.

For a long time, the mastream public didn't want to hear our Ca's The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle tells the story of a secretly gay postman searchg for a lost love om his youth (Cred: Headle Review)"I would venture to say that the public were disgted and outraged, " says thor Crystal Jeans.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY THEATER, THREE ACTS

It's about a lonely, socially awkward and secretly gay postman livg a fictnal town the north of England who hs retirement, realisg he wants to turn his life around and fally be happy – but to do this, he needs to fd the love of his life, a man he hasn’t seen for nearly 50 years. My novel is ridg on a wave of tert that dat back the UK to 2017 and the 50th anniversary of the begng of crimalisatn of homosexualy.

IF I WERE GAY

That same year, the so-lled "Alan Turg law" offered pardons to 49, 000 Brish gay men who’d been nvicted of homosexual acts – followg a mpaign arguably bolstered by the greater awarens brought about by The Imatn Game, the h film that picted the nvictn and chemil stratn of the Enigma-breakg puter scientist. Over on Instagram, The Aids Memorial shar photos and stori of people – predomantly gay men – who died of the disease, wrten by those who loved them. You’d not tch many queer al mers jottg down their memoirs – Crystal JeansHowever, 's fictn that’s very much drivg the phenomenon of brgg "lost" stori of gay life om the past to light.

Over the last five years, a tr of Irish wrers have livered stunng gay-themed novels set predomantly perds of history that didn't wele them – John Boyne (The Heart’s Invisible Furi), Graham Norton (Home Stretch), and Sebastian Barry (the Costa Award-wng Days Whout End). In the theatre, Matthew Lopez's exploratn of gay male history The Inherance triumphed London before transferrg to New York, where opened the year after a well-received revival of Mart Crowley's semal 1968 play Boys the Band.

OH BO (STUD)BO BURNHAMTRACK 2 ON WORDS WORDS WORDS PRODUCED BYKOOL KEH & JACK VGHNBO THIS SONG TO POT OUT A LOT OF WHAT FAMO SGERS/SONGWRERS DO WRONG. HE ALSO TO SHOW THAT HIP HOP IS NO LONGER WHAT ED TO BE, BUT IS NOW JT FULL… READ MORE OCT. 19, 20101 VIEWER136.5K VIEWS87 CONTRIBUTORSOH BO (STUD) LYRICS[INTRO]I FEEL LIKE HIP HOPUSED TO BE A VOICE FOR THE VOICELS, Y'KNOW?AND NOW 'S BEE, AT LEAST THE MASTREAMA SYMBOL OF MISOGYNY, GAY PANIC, FISL IRRPONSIBILYSO I FIGUREIF YOU N'T BEAT 'EMJO 'EM[VERSE 1]HT' THE CLUB UP VIPI GOT A FAKE MTACHE AND A FAKE IDI LOOK LIKE WOOLY WILLYWH A REALLY WOOLY WILLYAND I BYPASS THE BOUNCERPASS BY AN EX AND I FLEX AND BOUNCE HER, WOWSERLOOK AT ALL OF BO'S HOLOOKG FOR A RI ON BO'S HOSEAND I SPOT A LTLE LATO, BOOTY SO BIG LL OPRAH'S EGOWE GO DO , THROUGH , SHE SAYS, "DS MIA MI AMIGO!"PULL OUT, STICK YOUR MOUTH, AND I BT THE BACK OF YASWALLOW BCH, THERE'S PEOPLE STARVG AI![CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY—YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[VERSE 2]YOU'RE AN ICE CREAM SUNDAE WH A CHERRY ON TOPBUT REFUL, CHERRY, E I'M THE KG OF POPPOP POP POP GO MY WEASELNOW YA LOOK LIKE JACKSON POLLOCK'S EASELMY SUGGTN IS YOU DON'T BLOW 'TIL YOU KNOW WHAT NGTN ISSWALLOW WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT DIGTN ISFOLLOW BO, THE ONLY QUTN ISHAVE YOU BEEN SPLATTERED BEFORE BY THE MAD-HATTER MATADOR?CAKE-BATTER NEVER MOREIT DON'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE SPANISH, FRENCH, SWEDISH OR CAMBODIANI'LL SLIME YOU SO HARD YOU ULD BE ON NICKELOON[CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY “OH, BO”[POST-CHOS]OH BO-O, OH BO, BOA-A-OH BO, OH BO, OH BO[VERSE 3]YOU THK THAT YOU N HANDLE ME?GIRL, DON'T MAKE ME LGHI SAID MY JUNK IS BIPOLARIT'LL SPL YOU HALF, YEAHAND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, I MIGHT JT BRG YOU HOMEAND I'LL HAVE YOU GOG DOWN LIKE YOU'RE GROW' AN EXTRA CHROMOSOMEAND WHEN YOU GRAB ME, DON'T GRAB ME BY MY BUNSCSE I GOT A BAD SE OF THE NSI GOT THE NSI GOT THE NS[CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY “OH, BO”[BRIDGE]I WANNA BREAK DOWN FOR Y'ALLI ME OM THE STREETS, WH NOTH'NOW I'M MAK' H RERDSFOR MY PEOPLE STILL LIV' THE STREETSSTILL LIV' POVERTY, I WANNA TELL YOUI'M DO' THIS FOR YOUMY SUCCS IS YOUR SUCCSAND I KNOW YOU MAY BE THK'“HEY, IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THATWHY DON'T YOU E SOME OF YOUR MONEYTO HELP REBUILD THE NEIGHBORHOODINSTEAD OF PUTTG SPNG RIMS ON A GOLD JET SKI?”AND TO THAT I SAY:[INTERLU]UH, CHOS IS ' UP[CHOS]SGLE EVERY SGLE DAYDO EVERY SGLE WAYMAKE THE SGLE LADI SAY “OH, BO”AND IF I WERE GAYTHOUGH I SWEAR I'M STRAIGHTI'D MAKE THEM FELLAS SAY—UH UH![VERSE 4]YOU GOT A FUME LIKE A TUNAI'LL SMELL YA LATERI MET A FAT CHICK AND I FUCKED HER AN ELEVATORIT WAS WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELSIT WAS WRONG ON SO MANY LE-LE-LE-LEVELSIT WAS WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS, UNIT WAS WRONG ON, WAS WRONG ON, WAS WRONG ON[OUTRO]SGLE EVERY SGLEDO EVERY SGLEPOP THAT SGLE LIKE A PRGLE JGLE “OH, BO”THIS SONG'S ALMOST PLETEDALL THIS LTLE DTY NEEDINSTMENT THAT'S DOUBLE REED: THE OBOEYEAH, OH, BO, PLAY THAT OBOE15EMBEDCANCELHOW 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 FOMABOUTGENI ANNOTATN2 NTRIBUTORSBO THIS SONG TO POT OUT A LOT OF WHAT FAMO SGERS/SONGWRERS DO WRONG. HE ALSO TO SHOW THAT HIP HOP IS NO LONGER WHAT ED TO BE, BUT IS NOW JT FULL OF “MISOGYNY, GAY PANIC, FISL IRRPONSIBILY.”EXPAND +145SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHO PRODUCED “OH BO (STUD)” BY BO BURNHAM?WHEN DID BO BURNHAM RELEASE “OH BO (STUD)”?WHO WROTE “OH BO (STUD)” BY BO BURNHAM?WORDS WORDS WORDS (2010)BO BURNHAM1. WORDS WORDS WORDS (STUD)2. OH BO (STUD)3. WHAT’S FUNNY4. ​EX-GIRLIEND / RACIAL HUMOR5. MEN & WOMEN6. ​ONE MAN SHOWS7. IRONIC8. ​BARY REALY9. WORDS WORDS WORDS10. A PRAYER / HOW DO WE FIX AI?11. HAIK / SON / SHAKPEARE12. RANT13. ​THEORETIL DICK JOK / STATISTICS14. ART IS DEAD15. ​TRADNAL STAND-UP16. OH BOCREDSPRODUCED BYKOOL KEH & JACK VGHNWRTEN BYBO BURNHAMRELEASE DATEOCTOBER 19, 2010OH BO (STUD) LIVE PERFORMANCOH BO BY BO BURNHAMTAGSPOPCOMEDYEXPAND 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

Most recently, the ter explod wh behd-the-scen photos of Harry Styl om the shoot of new film My Policeman, an adaptatn of Bethan Roberts's 2012 novel starrg the pop superstar as a closeted gay man the 1950s. However, as a way of explag the mystery surroundg why Harry left behd everythg he knew, Gale imaged a suatn which he was forced to leave as a rult of a gay affair beg exposed.

IF YOU WERE GAY LYRICS

Crystal Jeans's latt novel is The Inverts, which tells the story of two bt iends – one a lbian, the other a gay man – who enter to a fake marriage the 1920s.

This was another reason I wrote The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle; I wanted to tell the story of one ordary young gay man tryg to exprs his love for another at a time when this would not have been accepted. But I also wanted to ntrast this disturbg, sometim horrifyg picture wh what life n be like for a gay man wh today’s much more acceptg society the UK – and celebrate how much progrs we’ve ma.

My spiratn was a seri of terviews I nducted wh olr gay men whilst I was Edor--Chief of Attu magaze, as part of our celebratn of the 50th anniversary of the start of crimalisatn. Pop star Harry Styl is starrg new film My Policeman as a closeted gay officer the 1950s (Cred: Getty Imag)"What we see all through history is that people are nied their past as part of a way to ntrol them, " says Hornby.