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Mansun – Being A Girl (1998) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Mansun
Six
Being A Girl

TRACK

Being A Girl

Release date: 7th September 1998

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"Being A Girl" is a track by Mansun, from the album Six, released 7th September 1998. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Mansun

Mansun

Lyrics

Being A Girl

[Verse 1]

Being a boy's like sucking on a lemon

And I judge myself by the adverts I see

My deodorant hides the real me

These things elevate me above animals

[Chorus]

I feel like being a girl

Being a girl, being a girl, being a girl, being a girl

And my life never tasted sweeter

[Verse 2]

I'm so boring, my clothes wanna keep

Someone else warm, someone cooler

Tax on cigarettes, treats my cancer

These things elevate me above animals

[Chorus]

I feel like being a girl

Being a girl, being a girl, being a girl, being a girl

And my life never tasted sweeter

[Post-Chorus]

Being a girl, being a girl, being a girl, being a girl

Feels like being a girl

Being a girl, being a girl, being a girl, being a girl

And my life never tasted sweeter

[Verse 3]

A frog, it cannot comprehend the sea

Nor me happiness

Girl is much too weak a word for me

Made from balsa wood

[Pre-Chorus]

Being a girl, being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

[Bridge]

The only pureness left is preached by Marx

Time to contemplate

Never been informed there must be poor

Or the rich won't be rich no more

[Refrain]

Being a girl, being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

I want to experience being a girl

[Outro]

The only pureness left is preached for me by Marx

The only pureness left is preached for me by Marx

The only pureness left is preached by Marx

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Track details

From Six

1998

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Album

26th August 1998

Release year

1998

—Special/Blown It (Delete As Appropriate)
—Negative
—Anti Everything
—Cancer
—Being A Girl
—Serotonin
—Six
—Witness To A Murder (Part Two)
—Television
—Fall Out
—Inverse Midas
—Legacy
—Shotgun

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Attack of the Grey Lantern (Collectors Edition)

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Soundtrack 4 2 Lovers

Until The Next Life

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Paul Draper
Producer: Mark “Spike” Stent, Paul Draper
Engineer: Michael Hunter, Paul Walton
Bass: Stove
Drums: Andie Rathbone
Vocals: Paul Draper
Additional Production: Michael Hunter
Background Vocals: Dominic Chad
Recording Engineer: Jan “Stan” Kybert
Rhythm Guitar: Paul Draper