Joyce

1

From a very early age it was easy to see

That Joyce didn’t fit into society

She didn’t date boys and she didn’t drink coke

She just stayed at home and cried over Bridget Bardot

 

2

Her family said it was easy to see

She suffered from Sexual Deviancy,

Respectable members of the community

Suggested she try psychiatry.

 

3

But Joyce knew she was right

Maybe just a little uptight

But she would show them with all her might

And turn into the biggest superdyke they had every seen.

 

4

So one day all her pretence just got to be a bore

So she left all her hair on the barber-room floor

She threw out cock-rock records which had drove her insane

And instead settled back and listened to Lavender Jane.

 

5

Her consciousness was growing at an amazing rate

She was learning words especially castrate

All this confidence was starting to show

It’s about time her mother should know.

 

6

She said Mum I’m speaking to you just as a friend

Your daughter is now a raving, craving beautiful lesbian.

Well mom just stood there didn’t know what to say

For twenty-one years she’d been dreading this day

Joyce just stood there didn’t know what to think

And kept watching mum break the dishes in the sink.

 

But

 

7

A little while later Mum gave her a call and

Out of the closet she got Radcliffe Hall

She said Joyce it wasn‘t done in 1928

When I met your father I was trying to escape

Now I think I’ve left it a little too late

But I’m glad you not copping the same fate

I’ve put up with for twenty-five years.

 

Thanks Mum.