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Then Gwen

from Save California by NVS

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lyrics

I see true beauty in you
It truly terrifies me
To know I might be one of them

Those closet cases you hear
It isn’t natural
Less than a gay or lesbian

Searching through Craigslist endlessly
My picture is a whore
Preference or fetish, who’s to decide?

If they could see things equally
You’re no less a man than I am
But no less a woman in my eyes

Question my orientation
Question this gender system
A prison of the heart and mind

Maybe it’s not so simple
To naturalize a label
My shade of grey is undefined

Searching through San Francisco
I left my heart at Divas
Your trump defeats my King of Clubs

If they could see you as more
Than sexualized or sordid
A human capable of love

Gender
Gender

Your face is precious to touch
Not a matter of convincing
Taught me how to cry on command

Appearance not a pretense
Genitals do not define you
Lifestyle or not, it’s what I am

And what you are
Isn’t confined to some typology
Genetics or psychology
When all that’s left is you and me

And after all those sexual politics
Regardless of our rhetoric
We’re all a bit androgynous

Gender
Fuck your gender

© 2006 Walter Campbell/NVS Music, all rights reserved.

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from Save California, released April 20, 2011

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NVS San Jose, California

Started in 1999, NVS is a high-energy band from San Jose, CA blending various influences to create music and lyrics encouraging thought and feeling while embodying the best aspects of late '80s/early '90s alternative rock.

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