I was telling someone yesterday about having signed up to be a cub scout leader and said I'm glad it's boys because I would much rather do boy stuff.  We started chatting about being tomboys as kids and she shared this song by Dar Williams with me. 

When I Was a Boy

I won't forget when Peter Pan came to my house, took my hand
I said I was a boy; I'm glad he didn't check.
I learned to fly, I learned to fight
I lived a whole life in one night
We saved each other's lives out on the pirate's deck.
And I remember that night
When I'm leaving a late night with some friends
And I hear somebody tell me it's not safe, someone should helpme
I need to find a nice man to walk me home.
When I was a boy, I scared the pants off of my mom,
Climbed what I could climb upon
And I don't know how I survived,
I guess I knew the tricks that all boys knew.
And you can walk me home, but I was a boy, too.

I was a kid that you would like, just a small boy on her bike
Riding topless, yeah, I never cared who saw.
My neighbor come outside to say, "Get your shirt,"
I said "No way, it's the last time I'm not breaking any law."
And now I'm in a clothing store, and the sign says less is more
More that's tight means more to see, more for them, not more forme
That can't help me climb a tree in ten seconds flat

When I was a boy, see that picture? That was me
Grass-stained shirt and dusty knees
And I know things have gotta change,
They got pills to sell, they've got implants to put in, they'vegot implants to remove
But I am not forgetting
That I was a boy too

And like the woods where I would creep, it's a secret I cankeep
Except when I'm tired, except when I'm being caught off guard
I've had a lonesome awful day, the conversation finds its way
To catching fire-flies out in the backyard.
And I tell the man I'm with about the other life I lived
And I say now you're top gun, I have lost and you have won
And he says, "Oh no, no, can't you see
When I was a girl, my mom and I we always talked
And I picked flowers everywhere that I walked.
And I could always cry, now even when I'm alone I seldom do
And I have lost some kindness
But I was a girl too.
And you were just like me, and I was just like you.

Here's the song on youtube if you'd like to listen.

I think I had sort of forgotten feeling that way until I heard that song.  Who else relates?  What do you think the astrology is?  

Victoria Williams had a great song-line

Games turn into life
Once a tomboy now a tomwife

haha

Aw... Lupa, that really hit me right here.

A song for Libra, where boys are girls and girls are boys. They really are!

I understand that song all too well.

In my case, though, the feelings are on a deeper level and are taken to the next level...

You can tell who is the Libra boy- sure, he's an avid sports fan, he's good with tools, and he does typical Man Things... but his mind works in ways that other male minds do not. Your Libra man will happily spend hours analyzing the relationship with you. Your Libra man won't fear you when you cry (although he isn't likely to cry WITH you unless he has  watery moon sign or something). Your Libra man is often spotted amidst a gaggle of gal pals, where he's getting caught up on the latest gossip or listening/offering advice to a female friend who's having man troubles.

You can also pick out the Libra girl. She's the one at the party in the feminine, summery dress, with the lipstick, smacking the ball straight into left field, with her skirts flying as she rounds the bases. She's the one in the cleavage top, talking loudly about sports or quoting movie lines with the boys, and she's damn proud about it. She's the one telling her man, "I'll drive... I'll do it myself... I need my freedom..."

Libras are really a curious, cross-gendered lot. If you happen to come across two of them together in a relationship, you'll be able to see the role-swapping in full effect.

And I'm only hitting the tip of the iceberg here.

Gosh, I love Dar Williams.  She knows what she's talking about.

7th house Gemini sun here loves gender bending. 

That song made me cry.  I think I always wanted to be Peter Pan, not Wendy. 

And of course Dar is fabulous. 

I loved Peter Pan! I had an album from the Disney cartoon and I played it over and over.

Another Libra who was a total tomboy growing up. Only wore shoes for school and snow and could out run & climb any boy my age!