Song Description
Emily is a woman who doesn't want to be herself anymore nor continue to lead her life as a woman. She wants to change her gender because she doesn't like the stereotypical woman roles in her family life. The narrator (husband/boyfriend) tries to dissuade her from going through with it.
| Song Length |
3:20 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Welcoming, Anxious |
Subject |
Dysfunctional Family, Dysfunctional Relations |
| Similar Artists |
Elvis Costello, Warren Zevon |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
"Emily's Changing"
© 2003 Andy Germak
Emily, I do believe
The way you're acting is absurd
Everybody knows you are a woman
With a flair for baking brownies
And a knack for knowin' dates
Hey, don't I see my therapist this Friday?
She don't wanna be a calendar
A culinary master anymore
She's changing now
Emily's changing... Emily
Emily, there ain't no reason
To confuse your own two boys
Much to young to understand the difference
Between anger and disgust you feel
When pills don't make you high
Why don't you come down awhile and join us
She don't wanna be a mother
Or a medicated monster anymore
She's changing now
Emily's changing... Emily
Changing is often overrated
You don't wanna be like me
Why don't you stay right as you are
And stop this changing
Emily, why can't you be
Just like the girl I knew before?
Back when we were young and more committed
To the causes of the heart
We held up higher than our heads
Maybe if we reach
We might retrieve them
She don't wanna be a time machine
A misdirected movie scene
She's changing now
Emily's changing
She don't wanna be a woman
She don't wanna be a woman anymore
She's changing
Emily's changing... Emily