Story Behind The Song

I followed this incident when it happened but believed, like everyone else, that Pvt. Winchell was dating a MAN ... not a pre-operative transexual ... a man who identified as a WOMAN. I was SO OUTRAGED to hear about the gay media cover up so that they could push their hate crime agenda that I wrote this song. Since then I have become friends with Calpernia Addams, Pvt. Winchell's lover.

Song Description

This song concerns the beating that led to the death of Pvt. Barry Winchell, a young private in the army who was killed for dating a pre-operative transexual ... a man who identified as a woman. He was killed by his roommates ... they beat him with a bat. The gay media was all over this story in order to use this incident to further their desire to pass a hate-crime bill. But they wanted to do it at the expense of Calpernia's identity (his girlfriend). The gay media argued that since America had no real way to deal with people who fall into the in-between of genders .... they should just say she was a man. Even though she didn't identify as one. She lived her life as a woman.

Lyrics

Top Gun
He was gonna be
Soldier of the Month in
Delta Company
Me, well I'm a
Girlish 36-30-38
In a boyish 6 foot 3

It was like a movie
We were so happy
He loved me for me
You know he never cared
About my sexuality

It was late one night
I was trying to get through
I let it ring
He didn't answer
Then I saw his picture on the
Evening news

It was like a movie
In every story
On every channel on TV
There was some stupid talking head
Refering to me as a he

They said they swung the bat so hard
They had to clean the blood off the walls

The media and the gay press
Said: "Look here lady we got something to redress,
How can we say that he was gay-bashed
If his boyfriend looks like a woman?" they ask

"You're like a movie star
You're too feminine by far
We'll focus all our attention on that body part
You're in America
And there ain't no grey in between
So we'll say you're a him
And we'll keep it all nice and clean

They said they swung the bat so hard
They had to clean his blood off the walls

And in the land of a thousand choices
We're obsessed with either or
Coke or Pepsi
Mac or PC
Tell me what's it gonna be

We live life like it's a movie
In black or white
With only day or night
Night or day
Straight or gay
Tell me who are they to say
I wish they would all go away

My sexuality is something I choose
It's something I learned to use
I use it like a weapon
I use it like a ploy
I use it like a tool
I use it like a toy

They said they swung the bat so hard
They had to clean his blood off the walls