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Song «(Sing If You're) Glad To Be Gay» von Tom Robinson Band.
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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1978 02 (Album)
Label: EMI EMI 2749
Songwriter Tom Robinson
Produktion: Chris Thomas
Genre: Rock - Poprock - Powerpop, Rock - Poprock - Pubrock
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Personen und Querverweise
Tom Robinson Band
Tom Robinson
Chris Thomas
Lyrics
[Spoken Word Intro] This song is dedicated to the World Health Organization, it’s a medical song and it concerns a disease whose classification according to the International Classification of Diseases is 302.0 [Verse 1] The British Police are the best in the world I don't believe one of these stories I've heard 'Bout them raiding our pubs for no reason at all Lining the customers up by the wall Picking out people and knocking them down Resisting arrest as they're kicked on the ground Searching their houses and calling them queer I don't believe that sort of thing happens here [Chorus] Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way (Hey!) Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way [Verse 2] Pictures of naked young women are fun In Titbits and Playboy, page three of The Sun There's no nudes in Gay News, our one magazine But they still find excuses to call it obscene Read how disgusting we are in the press The Telegraph, People and Sunday Express Molesters of children, corruptors of youth It's there in the paper, it must be the truth [Chorus] (Try and) Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way (Hey!) Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way [Verse 3] Don't try to kid us that if you're discreet You're perfectly safe as you walk down the street You don't have to mince or make bitchy remarks To get beaten unconscious and left in the dark I had a friend who was gentle and short He was lonely one evening and went for a walk Queerbashers caught him, kicked in his teeth He was only hospitalised for a week (And he still bears the scars) [Chorus] Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way (Hey!) Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way [Verse 4] And sit back and watch as they close down our clubs Arrest us for meeting and raid all our pubs Make sure your boyfriend's at least 21 So only your friends and your brothers get done Lie to your workmates, lie to your folks Put down the queens, tell anti-queer jokes Gay Lib's ridiculous, join their laughter 'The buggers are legal now, what more are they after?' (Tell them!) [Chorus] Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way (Hey!) Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy that way (Hey!) Sing if you're glad to be gay Sing if you're happy this way