Eva Mendoza

Comm 1

9-8-16

I. Intro

Have Lily (Stuffed tiger shark), on back. Have your guitar. "You may be asking why I have a shark on my
back and why I have a guitar. " Tell class that you will provide a story about your life through the form of
song and that the story will explain the shark and the guitar. Joke that Lily will sing the lyrics and then
claim that she has stage fright and that you will instead be doing the singing.

II. Body (This is only a basis for the lyrics. This part will not be spoken. The lyrics will be performed at
this point)

1)I had no friends and I was close only to my family. We would see the fish and the sharks at the
aquarium. I associated them with the only good memories I had. I fell in love with fish and sharks.

a) I grew up in the in the bay area, in Vallejo. I was a shy little boy at the time As a shy little boy,
had no friends. I had poor social skills. No one liked me except for my family. I became close to
my family.

b) I would go to the aquarium with my mother and brother to see the fish and sharks. My only
good memories with my family was tied to the sea life. These were my fondest memories.
I fell in love with fish and sharks. They became my friends.

2) I began to have family problems at the age of 12

a) Father was being even more unsupportive and abusive. Emotions were high with my family.
My stepdad came into the picture.

b) Mother and father divorced. I moved with my brother, mother, and stepfather to the central
valley with family there away from the bay area.

3)I began having an identity crisis

a) As a "boy", I saw a girl in the mirror every day. I heard a female voice in my head when I
would think. This all started at the age of 12. I was not comfortable being called boy anymore. I was
confused as to why. I simply assumed that I was just gay or something along those lines.

b) At the age of 23, I came to the conclusion that I am not a boy, but actually a girl. That girl
came out to everyone. That girl received support from everyone, except her own parents. I had to
go to the ER for depression. That caused my parents to come around and accept me for who I
 am. They got me Lily the tiger shark as an apology. She's been with me since. She's given me
support. Shark girl became happy.

Lyrics

3rd fret capo

C Am C Am

He was a Los Angeles boy shaped by the bay area air

F Fm

though his social life was not too fair

C F

he remained close to mother and brother

Am

No father

C A7

to see the joy that he would see

Dm C

somewhere in the sea

Am C 6/4

something blue and green

G7

you see

C Am C

There was a world outside of streets and fallacies

F G C

every time at the aquarium he felt free

Fmaj7 C

looking at sea life and sharks

Fmaj7 C

followed by a spark

Adom7

in his eyes

Dm C Em Esus2 D6 Cmaj7 4/3 Am C

in being somewhere other than friendless, joyless, salty, empty bay area air

Dm C Edom7 Am

because those that loved him were there

F C

in his stare

G C

With family there

no despair
not a fuck to spare

while he would share this moment

Csus2 C6/4

with Real friends

Csus2 C6/4

with no ends

Am Edom7

the bends of the sharks

F G

here comes that spark

C Edom7 Am

happiness with razor sharp teeth

F Fm

and that's how little shark boy came to be

G7

you see

In the surface life

He knew the strife

of bickering parents

of common hints

That separation was possible

inevitable

undesirable

and fearful

To change

little shark boy thought it was strange

When stepdad came in the picture

What did that say for his future?

To be anywhere but there

in the friendless, joyless, salty, empty bay area air

But a calling was made

By family aid

in the middle of California

where quiet farmland was laid

So teenage shark boy

mother, brother, and stepfather

made themselves known to a new environment

enlightened by the change

But still quiet strange

and teenage shark boy was ready to make friends

to find allies

despite the social barriers

he tried to be the warrior

mother wanted him to be

the girl, daughter that he would see

in the mirror

WAIT?

GIRL? DAUGHTER?

Well.. you see

Teenage shark boy had a problem with his identity

A feeling of two but room for only one

The one he would hear in his thought

A girl yearning out of this prison

A season did pass and the voice stayed

swayed his attention to the girl he would see

in the mirror like a prophecy of what would come to be

Am

Who he

she

C 6/4

me

C
am

But the boy pushed her away

for fear of being called "gay"

by peers who left anyway

no support nor to thwart

those that put him down

that put her down

what were the words to say

the way that

he

she

me

felt

And 11 years go so fast

At 12 I knew something was wrong

Oh it felt too long

to question this song

that was who I am

And so I broke free

for everyone to see

was a girl in the wrong looking body

And so my dearest friends

my very small circle

engulfed me with love

the best feeling from above

I finally opened my cage

I waged a war

with my family

who did not see me for who I am

"back into the cage!" they said

and shunned the real me away

I did not want to stay

I wanted to go away

but to my dismay

I could not get away

I salivated at the thought of knives

happiness with razor sharp teeth

cold metal never felt so warm

mother never felt so cold

This hospital bed never felt so cold

mother never felt so warm

Emotions ran high

an apologetic cry
from mother and I

eye to eye she saw my pain

eye to eye she saw the real me

eye to eye tears of joy

And so as an apology

A friend from the see

a honey bee

my little sharky

Lily is her name

happiness is her game

sharp teeth all the same

And Eva is my name

a buddy that brought me back

to childhood sweetness

to chasing rainbows

To mother, brother, and I looking at our sea life friends

Lily is her name

happiness is her game

sharp teeth all the same

And Eva is my name

and Eva is my name

and Eva is my name

III. Conclusion (this is spoken after the lyrics)

"Well that about wraps this song up!". Recap how the song went through the story of how you found out
who you really are and how Lily was there to pull you from a very dark time in your life. "Thank you all
for your attention and remember, happiness sometimes comes with razor sharp teeth. Swim free but don't
get bit!"