Of Montreal - Tim I Wish You Were Born a Girl lyrics

Tim, wish you were born a girl, wish you were born a girl So I could've been your boyfriend I know it's not possible now, I just never met a girl I like half as much as you And we could lay around in bed, stay there all day Or at least until the afternoon And I could make you spaghetti with tomato sauce With just a touch of oregano and a parsley stem And then when you got sick I could take the day off work I could've made you chicken soup And we could watch soap operas, oh, those TV dramas! I could catch your cold and you could take care of me If I could've met you at school or met you at work It would have changed everything Those years of losing, confusion and insecurity They would have been shared, they would have been easier Oh, Tim, wish you were born a girl, wish you were born a girl So I could've been your fiancé I'm not saying you can't be all these things for me But it's just not the same because you're a man and so am I