A song for my girl

Question: If you can pick a song for your child what would it be?

If I have to answer that question right now, it would have to be Short Skirt Long Jacket by Cake.

I kind of hope that my little girl can grow up to be a bit like the girl in this song.

A girl who can embrace her femininity, sensuality (and even sexuality, though, I would really rather not think about this for many, many, many years), beauty, and also be smart, confident, resourceful, and a girl who definitely will not take crap from anyone.

I love some of the dichotomy in this song, the yin and yang of it all. And that is what I want for my girl. I want her to be able to be and to do everything and anything; to have all possibilities opened to her. I want her to be both the princess and the knight; to be a model and a doctor; to be a ballerina and a scientist...

So as the song says....

"I want a girl with a mind like a diamond

I want a girl who knows what's best...."

and...

"She's playing with her jewelry

She's putting up her hair

She's touring the facility

And picking up slack"

and...

"I want a girl with uninterrupted prosperity

Who uses a machete to cut through red tape

With fingernails that shine like justice

And a voice that is dark like tinted glass"

and

"I want my girl with a short skirt and a lonnnnnnggggg jacket."

What song will you pick for your son and/or daughter?