Missing Bruce Jenner

To the tune of Dusty Springfield's "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me"

When you said you weren't a guy

And what you get is what you see,

I'm not sure what met my eye

Except a curiosity.

The Bruce Jenner that we've known

You tell us is now long gone;

The body that God gave to you,

You have now outgrown.

You don't have to be a woman,

You should be a man.

You don't have to use mascara.

I will understand.

Believe me, believe me.

I can't help but miss you.

Believe me, you have let us down.

Your prowess just a memory;

Your transition seems unreal.

All that's left is puzzlement.

Think of how we feel.

You don't have to be a woman,

You should be a man.

You don't have to use mascara.

I will understand.

Believe me, believe me.

You don't have to be a woman,

You should be a man.

You don't have to use mascara.

I will understand.

Believe me, believe me, believe me.

David Martin

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