Sparky’s First Dress

© 2017 Jeff Greenwald & Susie Davis


This song is about my new hero, of sorts ...

Who mostly appeared in his torn cargo shorts

With his radial saw and his woodworkin’ skills

He seemed the last guy you’d encounter in frills


One day he decided to try something bold

He longed to break free of the myths he’d been told

About being a dude, about being a man

He cried, “It’s all bull! and I don’t give a damn”!


When we put on our feathers and fishnets and lace

We wear ‘em like no one else can —

‘Cause it’s not about looking like one of the girls –

It’s about being more of a man.


The local Goodwill was the point of attack

He commandoed a raid on the women’s clothes rack

When he looked in the mirror his courage took flight

And he flung wide the door and stepped into the light


He took to the streets around old Union Square

In his shiny red skirt, and the tourists all stared

A few of them laughed, and a few of them booed

But a few hurried home and tried on a skirt, too.


When we put on our feathers and fishnets and lace

We’re changing the world on the sly —

‘Cause it’s not about looking like one of the girls

It’s about being more of a guy


In ruffles and spandex the tide surges forth

Calling all of our comrades to join in the force

And Sparky, in sequins, is blowing their minds

with me in my pinafore, marching behind.


So we put on our feathers and fishnets and lace

And wear’ em with courage and grit,

When it comes down to dressing the way we’ve been told

We’re just not giving a shit

When we put on our feathers and fishnets and lace

We wear ‘em like no one else can —

‘Cause it’s not about looking like one of the girls –

It’s about being more of a man.