Thank you Elizabeth Pugh for your inspiration. br br As I Went By br by Barbara Lynn Terry © 2006 br br br As I went by, did you notice me, br The girl inside I so need to be? br Or was it my body you just see, br And there you stop, br With a hint you'd drop, br That there is no girl you can see? br br As I went by, did you stop to think, br That your words just make me shrink, br With sadness in my eyes, br And never could I ever be a guy? br Or did you just pass and laugh at me, br With contempt and scorn of who I be? br br As I went by, couldn't you just see, br I was different that you, this girl in me? br Or did you just ignore my sad plea, br To treat me as the lady I have always been, br Deep inside my soul from birth, and then br Accept this girl that is inside of me? br br No? I really didn't think so. br But I will be this girl in me, br No matter who you think, br I should be.