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This song was inspired by Jeffrey Eugenides's novel of the same title and the song "Wayfaring Stranger," and can be thought of as a more sober intersex response-song to an earlier intersex novelty song by the GC, "Boy or a Girl."

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Yes I once was a stranger
Now I see to my own
I forsook all my children
When I left my old home

I was born of two lovers
Who did share too much blood
Now I'm lost in confusion
Left to tread the highway mud

Oh, this world of woe
Who will see me when I go?
I was going to meet my father
But my mother told me "no"

Well the knife was a doctor
And without a word it began
I walked in as a woman
And I walked out a lonely man

If you stand at a distance
And you see a little girl
Just recall, we're all dying
On our way to this world

credits

from Power to My Friends, released May 15, 2010
words by Sumanth Gopinath, music by The Gated Community

Katie Harris: lead vocals
Sumanth Gopinath: acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Scott Williams: mandolin, backing vocals
Teresa Gowan: fiddle, accordion
Cody Johnson: bass
Dav Kemp: drums

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The Gated Community Minneapolis

The Gated Community is a country/bluegrass/Americana band with rock influences based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area in Minnesota and has been in existence since early 2006.

Bandmembers: Sumanth Gopinath
Rosie Harris
Beth Hartman
Paul Hatlelid
Cody Johnson
Nate Knutson
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