Sweet Transvestite
Dr. Frank and Cast Lyrics
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See you've met my,
Faithful handyman
He's just a little brought down
Because when you knocked
He thought you were the candyman
Don't judge a book by it's cover
I'm not much of a girl, by the light of day
But by night I'm one hell of a lover
I'm just a sweet transvestite
From Sensational, Transylvania
Let me show you around
play you a sound
You look like you're both pretty groovy
Or if you want something visual
That's not too abysmal
We could take in an old Steve Reeves movie
Well you got caught with a flat, well how bout that
Well, babies, don't you panic
By the light of the night it'll all seem alright
I'll get you a satanic mechanic
I'm just a sweet transvestite
From Sensational, Transylvania
Why don't you stay for the night
Or maybe a bite
I could show you my favourite obsession
I've been making a man
With blond hair and a tan
And he's good for relieving my . . . tension
I'm just a sweet transvestite
From Sensational, Transylvania
I'm just a sweet transvestite
From Sensational, Transylvania
So- come up to the lab
And see what's on the slab
I see you shiver with antici . . . pation
But maybe the rain isn't really to blame
So I'll remove the cause
But not the symptom
The song "Sweet Transvestite" from the musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is sung by the character Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a flamboyant transvestite from the castle in Transylvania. In the first verse, he introduces himself and his handyman, who was momentarily disappointed when the visitor turned out not to be delivering candy. He then addresses the visitor's potential judgment of his appearance and gender identity, reassuring them that he is not to be judged by his exterior. By day he may not seem like much of a woman, but by night he is an exciting and passionate lover.
The chorus, "I'm just a sweet transvestite from Sensational, Transylvania" repeats Dr. Frank's Transylvanian home and gender identity as he proudly introduces himself. He beckons the visitor to join him in some entertainment, whether it be touring the lab or watching a movie with him. The visitor's car trouble is also addressed and Dr. Frank offers to fix it, which suggests he has some unusual skills.
Line by Line Meaning
How do you do I,
Greetings, my name is Dr. Frank, pleased to meet you.
See you've met my,
I believe you have run into my assistant who is always there to help me.
Faithful handyman
He is my trusty assistant and my right-hand man in all my experiments.
He's just a little brought down
He is feeling a bit down because he expected someone else.
Because when you knocked
As you knocked on the door, he expected to see someone else.
He thought you were the candyman
He believed it would be the candyman that would come as he was expecting him on this evening.
Don't get strung out, by the way I look
Please don't judge me by my appearance, as it might deceive you.
Don't judge a book by it's cover
Just as the saying goes, please don't judge me by what you see.
I'm not much of a girl, by the light of day
I might not look like a female during the day.
But by night I'm one hell of a lover
However, when the night comes, it is a different story, and I am very good at what I do.
I'm just a sweet transvestite
Do not be alarmed, I am merely a transvestite who is full of affection.
From Sensational, Transylvania
I hail from a place called Sensational, Transylvania.
Let me show you around
Let me lead you and give you a tour of this wonderful place.
play you a sound
Perhaps I could play you some music that you might enjoy.
You look like you're both pretty groovy
I must say you both look very cool and fashionable.
Or if you want something visual
If, however, you'd prefer something more exciting to watch.
That's not too abysmal
Something that's not too gruesome or terrible.
We could take in an old Steve Reeves movie
Maybe we could watch an old classic Steve Reeves movie.
Well you got caught with a flat, well how bout that
You seem to have gotten yourself in a bit of a situation, that's unfortunate.
Well, babies, don't you panic
Please don't worry too much, it's not the end of the world.
By the light of the night it'll all seem alright
Things don't look as bad when it's dark outside, it'll be fine.
I'll get you a satanic mechanic
I'll get you the best mechanic that there is in the area, do not fret.
Why don't you stay for the night
If you have no plans, why not spend the night here with me?
Or maybe a bite
We could enjoy something delicious to eat, it might be fun.
I could show you my favourite obsession
I'd like to show you my favorite thing that I'm interested in.
I've been making a man
I've been working on something special, I have created a man, and it took me some time.
With blond hair and a tan
He has beautiful blonde hair and is nicely tanned.
And he's good for relieving my . . . tension
And he is excellent at helping me feel relaxed when I'm stressed.
So- come up to the lab
Come with me and let me show you my laboratory.
And see what's on the slab
I'd like to show you something that I've been working on that I'm very proud of and think you'll be interested in.
I see you shiver with antici . . . pation
You seem to be excited and anxious to see what it is I have in store.
But maybe the rain isn't really to blame
Maybe there is another reason why you feel so anxious, and it's not because of the storm.
So I'll remove the cause
If that is the case, I can easily remedy the situation.
But not the symptom
I'll make sure to address the underlying issue, but the symptoms may persist.
Lyrics © TuneCore Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Richard O'Brien
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Take a moment and remember those we lost 2016:
David Bowie: The artist who followed his own soul, the icon that the rest of society followed, the legend himself; he forever left the stage on January 10th, 69 years old, after a long dance with cancer; being a creative man to the very end, he left us Lazarus and Blackstar as parting gifts.
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman: Actor and director, probably best known as Snape in the Harry Potter movies, the Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood: King of Thieves and Hans Gruber in Die Hard; was taken away on January 14th, 69 years old, by cancer.
Dan Haggerty: Or, as you probably knew him, Grizzly Adams; died January 15th, 74 years old, as yet another victim of cancer.
Glenn Frey: The co-founder of The Eagles; passed away January 18th, aged 67, from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis and pneumonia.
Ettore Scola: Golden Globe-awarded Italian screenwriter and film director, the creator of A Special Day and We All Loved Each Other So Much; passed away January 19th, aged 84.
Colin Vearncombe: Was lost on January 26, aged 53, in a car accident; but there's "No need to laugh or cry, It's a wonderful, wonderful life."
Frank Finlay: One of Britain's most distinguished actors, was both one of The Three Musketeers and Iago in Othello; entered the peaceful sleep on January 30th, aged 89.
Intizar Hussain: Award-winning author, widely recognised as one of the greatest Urdu writers in history; died February 2nd, aged 92.
Joe Alaskey: Yet another man who lent his voice to Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety, Sylvester the Cat and Duck Dodgers (in the 24½th Century); passed away February 3rd, 62 years old, while wrestling a cancer.
Maurice White: Fell on February 3rd, aged 74, after having battled Parkinson's disease since 1994; he was the founder of the R&B funk band Earth, Wind & Fire.
Daniel Gerson: Contributor for Pixar and co-writer of both Monsters Inc., Monsters University and Big Hero 6; brain cancer took him away from us on February 6th, aged 49.
Denise "Vanity" Matthews: The protege of Prince, who would follow her just a little bit more than a month later; died on February 15th, aged 57.
George Gaynes: Lovable actor who became known as the absent-minded Commandant Eric Lassard in the Police Academy, Henry Warnimont in Punky Brewster and John Van Horn in Tootsie; passed away on February 15th after many, many years (96 of them) in our midst.
Harper Lee: Pulitzer prize-awarded novelist who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird, a book that earned her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her contribution to literature; passed away on February 19th, 89 years old.
Anthony "Tony" Burton: Hit the floor on February 26th, age 78; he was the trainer of both Apollo Creed and Rocky Balboa, won Flint Golden Gloves light heavyweight titles before briefly fighting professionally.
George Kennedy: Two-fold Golden Globe nominated actor, both for portraying Paul Newman in Cool Hand Luke and Joe Patroni in Airport; went off-screen never to return on February 28th, aged 91.
Tony Dyson: R2-D2's dad and the creator of robotics and props for Superman II, Moonraker, and Dragonslayer; went offline March 4th, aged 68.
Raymond Samuel Tomlinson: Computer programmer, inventor of the email and popularizer of the @-sign; logged off for good on March 5th, 74 years old.
Akira Tago: Japanese psychologist, author and the Puzzle Master behind the Professor Layton series; he passed away on March 6th, 90 years old.
Michael Simon White: Theatrical impresario and the film producer behind The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Annie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail and The Hound of the Baskervilles; he took his final bows March 7th, 80 years old.
Sir George Martin: (No, not that one, despite all the people that man has killed off he's still afoot.) "The Fifth Beatle" and the one who helped the Beatles achieve global success as the head of the Parlophone record label; he died on March 8th, aged 90.
Ken Adam: Four-fold Academy Awarded production designer and art director, he worked on the sets for Barry Lyndon, The Madness of King George, Dr Strangelove's cavernous War Room, Fort Knox vaults of Goldfinger, the iconic volcano hideaway of You Only Live Twice and Bond's gadget-filled Aston Martin. Other memorable inventions included Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the gothic home of 1993's Addams Family Values and the Cold War atmosphere of 1965's The Ipcress File; he passed away on March 10th, aged 95.
Sylvia Anderson: Producer and writer, Thunderbirds' co-creator and also worked on Joe 90, Captain Scarlet and Stingray; she passed away March 15th, aged 88.
Frank Sinatra Jr: Sadly probably most famous for being the son of Frank Sinatra; died on March 16th, aged 72, from a heart attack.
Imre Kertész: Nobel Prize-awarded author who wrote The Holocaust as Culture, A Breath-long Silence, While the Fire Squad is Reloading Their Guns and A Language in Exile. Survived not only Nazi camps as a teen but also Stalin's dictatorship in his homeland immediately after World War II; peacefully passed away March 31st, aged 86.
Douglas Wilmer: Picture, in you head, Sherlock Holmes' profile. The hat, the nose, the pipe, the chin. You've got it? You're not picturing Sherlock's profile. You're picturing the profile of Douglas Wilmer, THE Sherlock Holmes, who passed away March 31st, aged 96. He also appeared alongside Christopher Lee in the Fu Manchu movies and with Roger Moore in 1960s TV adventure series The Saint and in the James Bond film Octopussy.
Kouji Wada: Japanese rock singer, best known for performing theme songs for several installments of the Digimon anime television series; the Immortal Butterfly woke up from his dream on April 3rd, 42 years old.
Erik Bauersfield: Admiral Ackbar, sprung death's own trap and passed away April 3rd, 93 years old.
Merle Haggard: American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band the Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound; between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart; he passed away on April 6th, aged 79.
Touru Ouhira: Japanese narrator and voice actor, best known as the voice actor of Gaimon in One Piece and Tokugawa Ieyasu in Basilisk as well as the dub voices of Black Pete in various Disney productions, The Mayor of Halloween Town in The Nightmare Before Chirstmas and Darth Vader in Star Wars; he passed away on April 12th, 86 years old.
Guy Hamilton: The director behind The Third Man and Oliver! as well as the James Bond titles Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live And Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun. He also directed adaptions of Agatha Christie's works, the first of which was The Mirror Crack'd, followed by Evil Under The Sun. He passed on April 20th, aged 93. "Leave your brains under the seat and we'll go for a great, big ride."
Prince Rogers Nelson: The formerly alive former artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince and the creator of memorable works such as When Doves Cry, Kiss and Purple Rain which won him an Oscar for Best Original Song Score; he got through this thing we call life on April 21st, age 57. "Don't forget to dance!"
Papa Wemba: The "King of Rumba" collapsed on stage April 24th, aged 66... give him your regards, because if you cannot respect a man who smuggles people from the Democratic Republic of Congo into France by disguising them as members of his band then you're a lost cause.
Ken Maeda: A recognized multi-talented comedian, impressionist, actor and choreographer; he was best known as the voice of Kaoru-chan in the 6th TV series Fresh PreCure!, the choreographer behind the PreCure TV anime ED songs and as one of very few Japanese entertainers who were openly gay; he passed away April 26th, 44 years old.
Marie Madeleine Berthe Lebeau: French film actress and the last surviving credited cast member of Casablanca; she died on May 1st after breaking her thigh bone.
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd: Swedish painter and sculptor, probaly best known for his sculpture "Non-violence": a revolver tied in a knot; he begun resting in peace on May 3rd, 81 years old. "Take Care of the Earth."
Egg Boi
He’s like a mix between 70’s Freddie Mercury and all different versions of David Bowie
That one freaky Freddie fan
FR
Vegeta
@Hannah Burke dude im 17 and even i know Bowie! Then again i was always vrought up on 70s- early90s movies.
Hannah Burke
@No One Could Be. When It Comes To Rock N Roll Music Bands Or Solo Artists I'm A Novice.
No One
@Hannah Burke He was relevant up until his death. One of the most iconic and well known artists of the 70’s and 80’s. I was born in the early 2000’s but Bowie’s work, especially his earlier recordings, made a big impact on my childhood, as well as my parents, and my grandparents before that as teenagers and young adults. I guess it all depends on the music you’re raised with
No One
YES THIS IS LITERALLY WHAT I THOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE FILM!
blue 868
Nobody, and I mean NOBODY can do this role better than Tim Curry! He made it his forever.
thegriffin88
It's my favorite Tim Curry role.
Heather Starling
Agreed 1000
Dominic Ronaldo
Super