Songs that have an unexpected gender turn in the first line

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I know these three. Do you know any others? And what does it take for a trick like this to succeed?

Tom Waits
"Charlie, I'm pregnant"
('Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapois')

Pelding feat. Maya Albana
"I try the best I can/ To be a better man"
('Days In Shades Of Grey')

Kashmir
"I love you so much, boy"
('Rocket Brothers')

― Jay Kid (Jay K), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

"Girl, I wanna take you to a Gay Bar"

― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:55 (twenty-two years ago)

John Prine
"I am an old woman."
("Angel From Montgomery")

― Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Friday, 2 January 2004 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

From Ween's "Cold Blows the Wind" (although unfortunately not the first line):

I'll do as much for my true love
as any young girl may
i'll sit and weep down by his grave
for twelve month and one day

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 2 January 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Also not in the first line, but Lou Reed's "Oh how I miss him" line in the song Street Hassle always throws me.

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 2 January 2004 21:58 (twenty-two years ago)

"Virgil Caine is the name . . ." (This only works with Joan Baez's version, though.)

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Friday, 2 January 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Pogues, "I'm a Man You Don't Meet Everyday," sung by Cait (is that her name?).

― usualchannels, Saturday, 3 January 2004 00:05 (twenty-two years ago)

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