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Haley (for Morgan)

from SHIFTINGEARS by Rich Arithmetic

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Few people will ever understand what it means to be a transgendered individual or what it means to have a transgendered child. I first began writing & singing "Haley" to my son when he was a little boy, but I didn't finish the song until many years later -- after she already had been identifying as a female for several years. Although some things about Haley may have changed, her essential self has not changed. And neither has my love for her.

lyrics

HALEY (for Morgan)
words & music by Richard Horton © Hortones

Haley, how’s my little boy
Haley, you’re so full of light and joy
Oh Haley, I’m really in love with you

Haley, you fill my heart with joy
Haley, you know nothing will destroy
My Haley, I’m really in love with you

Coming home from school, you stuff your pockets full of things
Worn watchbands and odd-shaped rocks and sprockets, rusty springs
You’re such a little boy but for those other sparkly things that you enjoy Oh, Haley!

Haley, how’s my little boy
Haley, you’re so full of light and joy
Oh Haley, I’m really in love with you

Crashing from your treehouse high and smashing what you need Flashing with your saber-light, you slash at such a speed
Feeding yourself only when your kitties feed, oh my sweet
Oh, Haley!

Haley, you fill my heart with joy
Haley, you know nothing will destroy
My Haley, I’m really in love with you

You’re more than you seem
Not milk or cream
Your life is teeming!
Oh, Haley!

Haley, how’s my grown-up girl?
Haley, in your swirling world that twirls
My Haley, I’m really in love with you
Oh, Haley!

Coming home in skirts and boots, it’s the you that make you, you
An Amazon with slashing sword, it’s one more thing you do
Spoofing at the world with its concrete points of view, I love you---
Oh, Haley

Haley, how’s my grown-up girl?
Haley, in your swirling world that twirls
Oh Haley, I’m really in love with you

Haley, you fill my heart with joy
Haley, you know nothing will destroy
My Haley, I’m really in love with you
(I’m in love with you)

credits

from SHIFTINGEARS, released January 29, 2021
Produced by Richard Horton & James Nicholson
Featuring THE SKWEEGEES:
Piano & lead vocal: RICH ARITHMETIC
Bass & backing vocal: BILL RETOFF
Drums & backing vocals: CHRIS EARL
Backing vocal: RAY CARMEN

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Rich Arithmetic Bellingham, Washington

Rich Arithmetic serves up power pop, psych-pop, and folk-meets-surf-and-sand harmonies that "eliminate the gaps between the ‘60s, ‘80s and the 2020's" - Steve Stav, stevestav.com

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