(I’m Much More) Proud of The Person I’m Becoming

As a kid
I never prayed to God to let me wakeup as a girl
But I would’ve if my church had been more ok with Him

As a youth
I never ever tried to came out and say that I’m transgender
But I would’ve if my school had been more ok with differences

As a YA
I finally broke down and came out and said that I’m transgender
‘Cause if I hadn’t I would’ve gone and wasted away by now

I’m still here
‘Cause I’ve taken and am still taking steppes to be more myself
Taking hormones, changing the way I dress, being a better self advocate

And finally I’m
Every day getting so much more proud of the person I’m becoming
I’m much more proud of the person I’m becoming, person I’m becoming

Given It All Of My Best

I’ve gone and given it all of my best
And no this ain’t my time to go rest
‘Cause you went set me loss on a quest
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning
As a result I now have a spiritual leaning
For depth in our Sunday morning worship services see
‘Cause I’ve already had religious introductions given to me
‘Bought things from Judaism to human sexuality in RE
So I wanna take it to the next level
And this might get me perceived as a rebel
But I don’t think I’m alone on this here
‘Cause fellow raised UUs that I’ve conversed do appear
To desire more ritual in worship like I’d here
As you may have guessed I’m saying to watch
What could be if we UUs turned up a notch
Even just one the depth of our religious thought
We’d have more I think staying here from young to old age

I Am Unlike The Majority

Don’t wanna be untrue
To myself
To who I am

Who I am is
Unlike majority
I am unlike majority

‘Cause sexuality education I
At 14
Did get at church

Who I am is
Unlike majority
I am unlike majority

‘Cause I was taught
Nakedness doesn’t
Hafta equal sexual behaviour

Don’t wanna be untrue
To myself
To who I am

Who I am is
Unlike majority
I am unlike majority

‘Cause I was taught
Being tender
It’s ok for males

Who I am is
Unlike majority
I am unlike majority

‘Cause I was taught
Being strong
It’s ok for females

Don’t wanna be untrue
To myself
To who I am

Who I am is
Unlike majority
I am unlike majority

‘Cause I was taught
Not to
Blindly just believe things

Who I am is
Unlike majority
I am unlike majority

‘Cause I was taught
To search
For my own truths

Don’t wanna be untrue
To myself
To who I am

Who I am is
Unlike majority
I am unlike majority

I am unlike the majority

Raised UU

We were taught to love learning
And to always be questioning constructively
Just so one day hopefully we’d be able to stand tall
Tall knowing why we’ve come to believe what we believe
That was back in Sunday school
That was back in Sunday school
Wen we were still kids growing up in Unitarian Universalist
community

We were kids growing up in Unitarian Universalist community
Well before we got sent out into the world
And fond that there is nothing quite like a raised UU

And a raised UU is a real emotional and hugging loving creature

We were taught to love ourselves
And be of others always excepting
Just so one day hopefully we’d be able to stand tall
Knowing that we’ve come to be some really caring people
That was back in Sunday school
That was back in Sunday school
Wen we were still kids growing up in Unitarian Universalist
community

We were kids growing up in Unitarian Universalist community
Well before we got sent out into the world
And fond that there is nothing quite like a raised UU

Some of us went way with
Good foundations into the wider world
Some of us we’re still here ‘cause Unitarian Universalist
community it
It’s still sustains and enriches us and that’s so cool

We were kids growing up in Unitarian Universalist community
Well before we got sent out into the world
And fond that there is nothing quite like a raised UU

In Community

We came to be
You and me
In community

And we’ll meat
With hugs wen we greet
For the first and every time
And then we’ll sing maybe in rime
All ‘bout our fun
We had on the run
It was filed with so much sweet lunacy

The run towards the magic pool
Which would give us the much-needed school
Lesions in who to be utterly knocked of our feet
From our heads to the ground do to the heat
Of sweet expression all ‘round us

Don’t have no tears
Or even fears
‘Cause safe we did play ‘round
Yes we did it in churches on many a big bedding mound
And too in they’re many a sanctuary hall
It was for the pursuit of spirituality that did call
Yes we came in vanes, see nun came by bus

We came to be
You and me
In community

And we’ll meat
With hugs wen we greet
For the first and every time
And then we’ll sing maybe in rime
All ‘bout our fun
We had on the run
It was filed with so much sweet lunacy

The run towards the magic pool
Which would give us the much-needed school
Lesions in how to be utterly knocked of our feet
From our heads to the ground do to the heat
Of sweet expression all ‘round us

Don’t have no tears
Or even fears
‘Cause safe we did play ‘round
Yes we did it in churches on their many a campus ground
And in they’re many a classroom
It was for pursuit of workshops that we did swoon
Yes we came in vanes, see nun came by bus

We came to be
You and me
In community

It’s Not Foolish To Want A Place Here

It’s not foolish to want to stay
It’s not foolish to want a place here
Yes I need a place here to use what I learnt in my teen years
It’s not foolish to want to stay here
Yes it was here back wen I was a youth that I learnt so much
Yes it began in the downstairs corner room
And it ended in the upstairs room you call the apartment
But did it have to end?
Yes I know it had to end for me
But surely what it taught me couldn’t it have been incorporated into something suitable for me and my fellow young adults
Is it not true that you teach us to find out what we believe in
And is it not true that you teach us to live what we believe
So if we find out what we believe is true for us, then is it not, not foolish to think we can live it out here
Can’t we live it out here under the big steeple
It’s not foolish to want to stay
It’s not foolish to want a place here

You Saved Me

Crazy good was I when in your presence
Always smilin’ happy so you’d never know oh…
You, you saved me
You, you saved me

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

My perception said that your presence was perfection
But perfection decent last long unlike bad memories
They, linger on mind
Linger, on my mind

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

You gave me some good Sunday mornin’ times
And those weekend youth conference trips to oh…
You, you saved me
You, you saved me

Youth Group if it wasn’t for you oh…
High School name calling would’ve don me in
For-sure, don me in
Don, me in for-sure

Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

Crazy good was I wen in your presence
Ya-ya, ya-ya, ya-ya, ya-ya, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Always smilin’ happy oh…
You, you saved me

Smilin’ happy
Smilin’ happy
Smilin’ happy
Smilin’ happy…

I Will Give You My Praise

This chaos we call the web of all existence
Yeah the one which we’re apart of
I need to believe
I got to believe
It was created
Because challenges they must come our way fore some great reason
And because of this I believe in you God
God you existing is the only way I know this can be true
And if this is not so
And if it was all an accident or just some chance reaction
Then I can’t comprehend this
Well at lest for write now
This
This is what I must believe to keep myself carrying on
Well at lest for write now
I will praise
Oh God you most holly
I will praise you
I will give you my praise

And if my childhood self could know I felt this way this day
Now
Now I know they would scream
I know they would scream
They would scream because they thought that science would be able to give them the assures
Yes they were certain that though science they could find the truth
The truth about existence
And all the facts about our coming to be

This chaos we call the web of all existence
Yeah the one which we’re apart of
I need to believe
I got to believe
It was created
Because challenges they must come our way fore some great reason
And because of this I believe in you God
God you existing is the only way I know this can be true
And if this is not so
And if it was all an accident or just some chance reaction
Then I can’t comprehend this
Well at lest for write now
This
This is what I must believe to keep myself carrying on
Well at lest for write now
I will praise
Oh God you most holly
I will praise you
I will give you my praise

Take A Trip And Remember It Fore All Time

Take a trip
Take a trip
Take a long trip
Have a time, a good time
Have a very good time
Sleep, yeah little sleep
Eat, eat vary good
Fun, have amazing fun
Meet, meet great people
Share, share amazing things
Remember, remember fore a longtime
Remember, remember fun, remember them for all…
Times remember, remember them for all…
Take a trip
Take a trip
Take a trip home
Remember, remember for all of time
Remember the fun times…
Remember the fun times fore all time

YG Goodbye

It seems like only yesterday you were being welcomed in and it seems like only tomorrow you will have to be saying goodbye

Goodbye to the group that gave you so much like good memories, yeah those trips to the US of A, yeah good by to that but hopefully not the friends you made throw the group
Yeah you became a youth then you grew up, but thanks to the group you didn’t exploded and blow up

It seems like only yesterday you were being welcomed in and it seems like only tomorrow you will have to be saying goodbye

Goodbye to the group that gave you so much like those fall and spring retreats and all the sleepovers and movie nights

Yeah,
It seems like only yesterday you were being welcomed in and it seems like only tomorrow you will have to be saying goodbye

Wow it seems like it went so fast, so fast from hello to goodbye

It seems like only yesterday you where being welcomed in and it seems like only tomorrow you will have to be saying goodbye

Goodbye to the Youth Group, goodbye
goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye!
goodbye