The Football Club - How to Build a Girl lyrics

[Verse 1] I was out with some transgender friends, we were having a real nice time When a bunch of cishet dickhead boys yelled at us from behind And as the smell of their Lynx Africa wafted from every pore I said, "Oh no, Toto, we're not in Transas anymore" I sat down at my computer, I was feeling pretty damn sh**ty So I Googled "21 year old trans girl" to know there's people just like me But all I got was d**h tolls and p**no sites tattooed across my screen And there's quite a great deal more than that I think I wanna be [Chorus] So stand up straight and say the wrong things in the right fashion And walk this way, do all that's in your power not to draw a stare Or show the ones that you love you that you're hurt I'm just a product of the world, trying to build a girl [Verse 2] Midnight, trying to hail in a cab in ripped stockings and a dress When a West Footscray Police car parked in front of me instead And they asked me what a girl like me was doing selling s** It took ten minutes of "It's just a joke” before they finally left Yeah, I've got cuts all over my body, shaving head to toe each week I've got blisters on both my ankles from size 8 heels on size 12 feet I'm just trying to be 100% myself and nothing less So baby, tell me how my co*k looks in this brand new Kmart dress? [Chorus] The kids from school will say, "I should have got that f*ggot when I had the chance” And, "Doesn't he know he still looks just like a man? I wouldn't even f** him, it, or her" I'm just a product of the world, trying to build a girl [Verse 3] They screamed at us on every train, every tram and every bus You stared into me, eyes full of tears, "Why do they hate us so much?" And how the f** are we to prosper in a world that's so messed up? And how the f** are we to survive in a world that's trying to k** us? Sometimes I think about the life I might have had in Brisbane If I stayed inside, if I never transitioned Yeah, I might be fine, but since you helped me realise That I needed to try, I haven't tried to die