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Lyric for Transvestite Queen
From the screenplay "THE GODDESS IN EXILE'
When she first arrives in New York City in the 1960's, Peruvian sculptress Elvira moves into a Lower East Side tenement where she befriends her Black transvestite neighbor, Sissy. After Sissy has a fight with her lover, she sings "All Ways" at a Warhol Factory party.
ALL WAYS
I’m a Ghetto Madonna Queen
Hung like a star
From a tin ceiling in a disco bar
You only know half of it
The part a story can tell
But he took all of me
What’s left is just a shell
I’m a Ghetto Madonna Queen
Hung like a star
From a tin ceiling in a disco bar
He made me feel specially
Loved the times I wore a dress
Transformed the inside of me
To a real woman with class
My friends knew he was dealing
But I gave him all my heart
When he accused me of stealing
His lies tore me apart
Pissed off for no reason
He put a gun to my head
When the cops threw him in jail
I faced a big lonely bed
Stranded with the Blues
Branded on my Tattoo
All Ways
You only know half of it
The part a story can tell
But he took all of me
What’s left is just a shell
I'm a Ghetto Madonna Queen
Hung like a star
From a tin ceiling in a disco bar
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