A TG song from an unexpected source

Bought a couple of new albums from play.com the other day. They arrived this morning so I've been busy listening to them before I go out in a bit. I got the latest Foo Fighters album, and also got the newest one from my favourite cheesy rock band Thunder.

I caught one of the lyrics of the Thunder song "Amys on the Run" got me intrigued. Did he really just sing "But they know she's a man"??? Checking the sleeve notes it turns out he did. The song seems to be about a TGirl living in the big city....

"She's watching the young boys at the bar
all chiselled and flexing
She tells them a joke or two then stops
just short of confessing
But they know she's a man
and they all understand

Why Amy had to run, its alright
she's having fun in another life
and she won't be going back for anyone
now amy's on the run

So she dreams of the day
with everything she scrimps and saves
they're gonna change her all the way
and its not a crime
its just that nature got it wrong this time.. this time."

It's caused some interest on the Thunder forums, and the band are a little tight-lipped about who inspired the song... But in a Q&A session online they did say "'Amy' has provoked a lot of questions in all the promotion work we've done recently so it must be making people think."

Just suprised me as I wasn't expecting it. Thunder are the kind of band who write extremely cheesey song lyrics - lines like "There's a ladder in her stocking that I'd love to climb" and "I feel so glad I was born a man she's so fine" kind of thing. I've seen them in concert a few times (I went to see them on their farewell tour a few years ago, and then heard they've been touring again since, the buggers!) I love that kind of cheesey rock though... lyrics that are so bad they are good.

The subject of TG songs is always something I approach with caution. I don't think a month goes by on either the Angels forum or Mailing list without some new member trying to start a thread about TG Song lyrics...... usually to shouts of "oh for fucks sake" from myself or Becky.... but this came from left field so I thought I'd mention it.

Oh and I also bought an album by Hayseed Dixie - which is a hillbilly band covering ACDC songs.. You aint lived till you've heard a Hillbilly band play Highway to Hell.. classic! No TG content whatsoever though!