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The bath of warm wet air
invites us all the strip down
Sea breezes tickle skin that’s bare
I get shy with the crowds around

Street dogs sprint by naked and free
with no worry of their imperfections
My heart wants to turn and flee
instead of letting the sun change my complexion

When I’m bare chested
I’m not what I want to be
and I’m afraid of what you’ll see
and all the exposure and vulnerability

When I take my shirt off
It reveals I’m not a beefcake
I don’t have the body of a heavyweight
or even a welter weight’s shape
There’s nothing I can fake
When I’m shirtless
When I’m shirtless
When I’m shirtless

That guy, so handsome and secure
another looks just like a gladiator
Being someone sure has an allure
So I fantasize a body swapping caper

When I’m bare chested
I’m not what I want to be
and I’m afraid of what you’ll see
and all the exposure and vulnerability

When I take my shirt off
It reveals I’m not a beefcake
I don’t have the body of a heavyweight
or even a welter weight’s shape
There’s nothing I can fake
When I’m shirtless
When I’m shirtless
When I’m shirtless

Now you might have what I don’t got
and there’s no sense trying to be what I’m not
Can I forgive myself for all these flaws
Accept these trans hips and the line of my jaw

When I take my shirt off
It reveals I’m not a beefcake
I don’t have the body of a heavyweight
or even a welter weight’s shape
There’s nothing I can fake
When I’m shirtless
When I’m shirtless
When I’m shirtless

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released June 14, 2022
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Ed Varga

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Eddie and the Heartbeats San Francisco, California

Eddie and the Heartbeats is Ed Varga. Varga's songs are a journey through his life as a transgender man that are honest, vulnerable, sometimes melancholic or sometimes goofy and sometimes both. You can check out his totally different musical project as a composer & sound designer at www.tonegeneratorstudios.com Varga was also the founder of Homocore Minneapolis & Homo A Go Go. ... more

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