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Blur, "Girls & Boys"
(1994)

Streets like a jungle
So call the police
Following the herd
Down to Greece
On holiday

Love in the 90's
Is paranoid
On sunny beaches
Take your chances looking for

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love


Avoiding all work
Because there's none available
Like battery thinkers
Count your thoughts on one two three four
five fingers

Nothing is wasted
Only reproduced
Get nasty blisters
Du bist sehr schon
But we haven't been introduced

Girls who are boys
Who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls
Who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love

I was kind of on the fence about including a link to the "Girls and Boys" video because there's no conspicuous homosexuality, but hey, why not? It's super-campy, and there are snogging androgynes and people in swimsuits doing the Can-Can, and Damon Albarn is cute like that hopelessly unattainable straight boy on your after-school soccer team, so I'm sure you'll enjoy watching him regardless. (Word on the street is that he's Tried It That Way, but I learned of this from a girl who spoke to someone who used to be involved with Blur's PR company or something, so make of it what you will.)