Turn a straight dude gay lyrics

Brothers Osborne singer TJ Osborne made history when he publicly came out in early , thereby becoming the first openly gay artist in music history signed to a major country label. Originally written about George W. Bush, the song took on a bigger meaning after Prop 8 — an anti-gay marriage state constitutional amendment — was passed in California. The ban was lifted in

The song is hauntingly beautiful with subtle verses and a soulful chorus. This is Irish Catholicism with a blasphemous twist…. The God throughout the song is a girlfriend. It takes rich Catholic sacramental language but re-signifies the imagery as a sexual encounter.

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