He's such a sweetheart :)

 The only other gay-positive song from a straight person that I can think of is Kate Bush's "Kashka From Baghdad." It's about a male gay couple though. Still, very nice.

 Here's a part of the lyrics:

Kashka from Baghdad
Lives in sin, they say,
With another man,
But no one knows who.

Old friends never call there.
Some wonder if life's
Inside at all--
If there's life inside at all.

But we know the lady who rents the room.
She catches them calling a la lune.

At night
They're seen
Laughing,
Loving.
They know
The way
To be
Happy.

They never go for walks.
Maybe it's because
The moon's not bright enough.
There's light in love, you see.

I watch their shadows,
Tall and slim,
In the window opposite.
I long to be with them.

'Cause when all the alley-cats come out,
You can hear music from Kashka's house.

At night
They're seen
Laughing,
Loving.
They know
The way
To be
Happy.

How about the killers song, 'Somebody told me'?

Chorus:

Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It's not confidential
I've got potential
A rushin', a rushin' around

Still love that song =)

-SMP-

is another great example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ftJwe3JDh0

One of my favourite songs while riding the underground or pretending to do sports. Makes me laugh every time I'm listening to it and actually gives me some hope that this kind of bar really exists somewhere even if I haven't quite found it yet :)

"Loudon Wainwright III's song, "I Wish I was a Lesbian" set to clips from various anime" is adorable:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2292524727199446242

How about a straight girl singing about a girl.

Valerie- By Quarterflash

Love those 80's

Patti Smith's song "Gloria" has got to be a lesbian anthem.  Patti Smith is definitely straight (sigh) though.

Swiss indie band Redwood have a "Song for a Lesbian" on their latest album "We're all gonna die". It is about a lesbian.

http://www.cede.ch/de/music-cd/partner.cfm?pid=510&aobj=657201

Their biggest/most succesful songs so far are Fat Chance and Apologize though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=254R6uiPryo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Oj9rVVJn7A

... singin' 'rudolph, the red nosed reindeer'!

I already mentioned it and saw it mentioned around this site, but this song deserves to be better known because it's hard to get homo-friendlier than that, plus well it's catchy I think!!!

You call me up in the mornings
We’ll stay on the phone until dawning
You tell me secrets I actually keep
You call me up around noon and
Bring me all the good gossip
You hold my head when I throw up
I hold your hand when you weep

And we talk about friends
And we talk about records
Talk about life
And we’ll talk about death
And we dance in the living room
Dance on the sidewalks, dance in the movies
Dance at the festivals, dance, dance
No men ever really dance like this

Damn! I wish I was a lesbian
Damn! I wish I was a lesbian
Damn! I wish I was, and that you were, too
So I could fall in love with you

You call me up in the evenings
And tell me what they did this time
No matter what, I’m by your side
When it’s raining, we’ll go to the video store
We even like the same movies
No damn jedis or hobbits, this time!

And you laugh at my jokes
And I laugh at your jokes
And I even like the birthday presents you get me
And we dance in the living room
Dance on the sidewalks
Dance in the movies
Dance at the festivals
Let’s dance, dance
No men ever really dance like this

Why don’t I fall?
Why don’t I just fall in love with you?

And here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJU1bbBC3g8 

"I'm gonna give you all a nice, fun, normal evening even if I have to kill every person on the face of the Earth to do it"

I've always been partial to "Flo" by Smashmouth. They're kind of a silly band, but the song's got a lesbian in it, so it's okay.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HH_n9XRsQ_U

Oh please this MUST be number one!!!

Mujer contra mujer - Mecano ( 1986)

There's nothing special
About two women holding hands
The shade comes after that
When they do it under the tablecloth


Then, alone and with nothing to lose,
The hands go first, and then the rest of the skin.

A love to hide
Though naked, there's nowhere to hide it.
They disguise it as friendship
When they go out walking round the city

One of them thinks that that's not right
The other one says: " Who cares?".
And other's opinions don't count.

Who stops doves flying?
Flying over the ground
Woman on woman.

It's not up to me
To throw at them the first stone
If I'm in the wrong circumstance,
And I found them lip to lip in a room
I wouldn't even dare to cough
If I don't like it, I know what I've got to do.
With my stones they build their own wall.

Who stops doves flying?
Flying over the ground
Woman on woman.

One of them thinks that that's not right
The other one says: " Who cares?".
And other's opinion doesn't count.

Woman on woman.

pretty explicit lyrics

watch the video here

read the lyrics here

Liza's had enough of men,
She says, she won't get burned again,
She says, they don't know how to f***,
Her last boyfriend, the shmuck,
Shared with her a nice disease,
Kept her passive, on her knees,
Till one day she took his car,
And drove it to the city.

...

in "Mama's got a girlfriend now"... I don't know if its his song, but anyway... it goes like this:

Papa he left home today
Said he ain't comin' back again
Said he ain't gonna be nobody's second best
Just 'cause mama's got a special kind of friend

Papa he left home today
Said he ain't comin' back no more
Said he ain't gonna take no damn back seat
And how could mama do him so low

But mama's got a girlfriend now boy
Mama's got a girlfriend now
Mama's got a girlfriend
Mama's got a true friend
Mama's got a girlfriend now

You see mama don't watch your damn football
And your beer drinkin' just won't do
You're just stayin' out late
And you're preachin' the hate
And you never have been true

You see mama she want her somebody
Who will let her be herself
So she's leavin' you
And your stinky damn ways
Cause she's found somebody else

(...)

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www.myspace.com/carolconti

O_o

WoW

hmmmm.... ok. Mwahahaaa!!!

ok... this is another song that doesn't quite fit in this category.  but this is the ultimate song for a gay girl to play for a good male friend who would be the perfect girlfriend, if he was a girl.  it's by of montreal and it's a really sweet love song from one heterosexual man to another heterosexual man.  so, it's not really about the lesbians. it just recognizes that since they're not gay, it's too bad that one of them isn't a woman.  and i think we've all had a situation where we've had a really good friendship that maybe could have been more if biology had been right so i think it is a theme a lot of lesbians/bisexual women relate to.

"Tim, wish you were born a girl

And so am I" 

I didn't know that about the Kanye singing on Ellen thing... very interesting Gem, thanks for the info.

I really enjoyed Jens Lekman's song The Opposite of Hallelujah and because of that I started to look into some of his other songs, when I came across the song A Postcard To Nina, which is a really great song as well. 

Oh, and Heidz, I've been listening to that Quarterflash song Valerie forever now and always wondered whether the singer was straight/gay and how the song came about, since it's a rather early song (I think it came out around 1981) dealing to some extent with a lesbian topic. Thanks for a bit of an update to my queries.

I have (at last check) 11,294 songs in my iTunes library (I'm not sure I'll ever get to listening to them all-and the iPod holds 25,000, so I'm far from done), so I'll have to keep my ears open and try to discover if there are any more lesbian friendly songs by straight artists amongst my collection.

(Self Appointed) "#1 Bridget McManus Fan"

"hotel song" by regina spektor could have any number of meanings but i've always thought it was about waking up with a strange girl.

my dear, dear friend... 

their song, "sandra at the beach" is very cute.

partial lyrics:

"... Well Sandra's with another woman of 35
who's much more reserved,
standing just out of reach of the waves
licking up her feet.
She's watching Sandra's every move.

Sandra looks so good today I think that she is in love.
Sandra feels those eyes and they feel good.
Just like pin prick lips on the seat of her suit.
And she is moving out into the waves,
and she is so inspiring in love like this--
and you know,
it makes me wonder what kind of night they had last night.
"Some kind of love," to steal a phrase or two--
"No kinds of love are better than others...."
Sandra looks so good today, I think that she is in love...."

I started listening to Jens Lekman not long ago, and when I discovered "A Postcard to Nina", I love him even more!

Anyway, I love Rachael Yamagata - Woman and, umm, read the lyrics and listened it to youtube or smth and deduce the meaning from there! Heh :)

Partial lyrics:

"Is there a woman out there who'll take me?
'Cause I need sleep with somebody soft.
Take a drink, a toast to his fortune.
But I'm not ready yet, for coffee or talk.
...

Is there a woman out there who'll take me away?
'Cause I may never find love with a man."

How about Morrissey and "All the Lazy Dykes"? It's nice and stereotypical, and it makes me lol.

All the lazy dykes

Cross armed at the palms

Their legs astride their bikes

Indigo burns on their arms

One sweet day

An emotional whirl

You'll be good to yourself

And you'll come and join the girls

My bff, singer/songwriter, Vienna Teng, wrote a song called "City Hall" about gay marriage in San Francisco.

You can hear it here.

She also writes several songs from the guy's point of view, which often has fans asking after her sexual orientation. Vienna is straight, but is very supportive of the gay community and not just because I'm in her life. I'm incredibly proud that she continues to care about issues that affect our community and uses her platform to trumpet them. That, she might do, because I'm in her life, but hey, we could use all the support we can get.

I adore this song...and it's catchy.

 There's a real cool couple living on my street
They smile and wave every time we meet
They've been together for the past five years
They're perfectly happy and perfectly queer
Its not a Brady Bunch episode
They're not the Cunninghams its not the Cosby Show
That black and white world didn't ever exist
Who says a family needs a mister and miss

They've got a dream
Picture the scene

They want to drive down to Vegas
Get married by Elvis
Get drunk on champagne and get legally laid
They'll cherish the kisses
As missus and missus
Now is that so terribly strange
Ain't it strange

"Give it a one one twenty in a Cadillac boom boom boom and me never look back"

Now it's a long, long way out of Buffalo
Thay've got the Dom on ice and a slice to go
In a top down Caddy in the desert breeze
Romeo and Juliet meet Thelma and Louise
They've got the radio, they've got one CD
Top 40 and some old Lou Reed

They got caffeine and gasoline
It's the Great Escape starring Jean McQueen
I think tonight
They'll both wear white

friends of mine and i had dinner and drinks with Vienna after she played at the Schuler Books where we worked.  she's a fantastic performer and genuinely wonderful person.  i love her song Unwritten Letter #1, about having a crush on a gay man. 

okay, i know Debbie Harry can't quite be considered straight but i still think Sunday Girl is a great queer song.

oh, and Till Tuesday's Angels Never Call.  the first person i ever fell in love with was named Angel (last), and, of course, she broke my heart and i used to listen to this (on my turntable because i'm an elder) and cry like a baby.

there's 'la difference' by lara fabian,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyxHRem8150

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnMiNJL3utw

Until sally I was never happy
I needed so much more
Rain clouds oh they used to chase me
Down they would pour
Join my tears
Allay my fears
Sent to me from heaven
Sally cinnamon
You are my world

I pop pop pop blow blow bubble gum
You taste of cherryade
There is something here you must show me
From what you are made
Sugar and spice
And all things nice

Sent to me from heaven
Sally cinnamon
You are my world

Your eyes are gazing back from
Every little piece of glass
You seem to smile from every place
Sally cinnamon
You are my world

Then I put the letter back in
The place where it was found
Its a pocket in a jacket
On a train in town

Sent to her from heaven
Sally cinnamon
Your her world

Kind of off-topic: On the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss album "Raising Sand" she doesn't bother to change the pronouns in the lyrics because she says the songs are great just as they are written.

Who knows what her bluegrass fans are going to say when they hear her sing "I've got a woman ..." completely without irony or discompfort.

Yes, Vienna is an amazing person. I always say if I were gonna pine after any one of my straight girlfriends, it would be this girl. As she's one of the smartest and goodhearted people I'm lucky enough to call a friend. The girl got a 1590 on her SAT's and went to Stanford, holler.

Interestingly enough, I met Nina Storey because she did a show with Vienna in LA several years ago and now Nina and I are also great friends.

I will give both girls your best. cheers.

Some more to add:

The Girls Want to Be With the Girls - Talking Heads ("girls don't want to play like that/just want to talk to the boys/just want to do what is in their hearts/and the girls want to be with the girls")

Starpower - Sonic Youth - as sung by Kim Gordon ("she knows how to make love to me")

Keep Their Headz Ringin - Dr. Dre ("cause I grab the mic and flip my tongue like a dyke")

She's Losin' It - Belle and Sebastian ("she said 'inch for inch, and pound for pound/who needs boys when there's Lisa around'")

Panik - Bratmobile ("she's the Joanest Jett around/like to get her in my bed")

Acoustic Guitar - Magnetic Fields - written by a gay man but sung by a woman ("acoustic guitar/you can have your own car/just bring me back my girl")

Phantom Limb - The Shins - according to the songwriter, this song is about two young lesbians in love("a latent power I know they hide/to keep some hope alive that a girl like I could ever try")

Polythene Pam - Beatles - not technically about lesbians, but I always like to imagine it as an ode to hot butch dykes ("she's so good looking but she looks like a man/well you should see her in drag, dressed in a polythene bag")

You see Mama don't watch your damn football.
And your beer drinkin' just won't do.
You're just stayin' out late.
And you're preachin' the hate.
And you never have been true.
You see, Mama, she want her somebody who will let her be herself.
So she's leavin' you and your stinky damn ways, cause she's found somebody else.

And Mama's got a girlfriend now boy.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.
Mama's got a girlfriend.
Mama's found a true friend.
Mama's got a girlfriend now.

heehee, this song makes me smile. especially after watching a fanvid about Catherine and Sara to it!