Released: July 24, 1995
Songwriter: Alex James Dave Rowntree Graham Coxon Damon Albarn
Producer: Pet Shop Boys
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
[Verse 1]
Street's like a jungle, so call the police
Following the herd down to Greece on holiday
Love in the nineties, it's paranoid
On sunny beaches, take your chances, looking for
[Chorus]
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
Avoiding all work 'cause there's none available
Like battery thinkers, count your thoughts on one, two, three, four, five fingers
Nothing is wasted, only reproduced
You get nasty blisters, du bist sehr schön, but we haven't been introduced
[Chorus]
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
[Verse 1]
Street's like a jungle, so call the police
Following the herd down to Greece on holiday
Love in the nineties, it's paranoid
On sunny beaches, take your chances, looking for
[Chorus]
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
Avoiding all work 'cause there's none available
Like battery thinkers, count your thoughts on one, two, three, four, five fingers
Nothing is wasted, only reproduced
You get nasty blisters, du bist sehr schön, but we haven't been introduced
[Chorus]
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
Girls, who are boys, who like boys to be girls
Who do boys like they're girls, who do girls like they're boys
Always should be someone you really love
[Refrain]
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh oh oh, oh-oh-oh
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- I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too)
- Miserablism
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- I Want a Dog (B-Side Version)
- The Sound of the Atom Splitting (Extended Mix) [7" Version]
- Losing My Mind
- Paninaro
- Jack the Lad
- We All Feel Better in the Dark
- If Love Were All (Bitter Sweet)
- Violence (Haçienda Version)
- Music for Boys
- Too Many People
- Hey, Headmaster
- That’s My Impression (Disco Mix)
- Don Juan
- Euroboy
- Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend
- You Know Where You Went Wrong
- It Must Be Obvious
- Shameless
- A Man Could Get Arrested (Bobby Orlando Version)
From the albums
- Alternative (1995)
- Very: Further Listening 1992 – 1994 (2001)
- Discovery: Live in Rio 1994 (2021)
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- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
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- The Pop Kids
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- Rent
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- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- All Over the World (This Is A Dub)
- After All
- Fugitive (Richard X Extended Mix)
- So Hard
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