Colin Meloy croons from the point of view of a female addressing a man during this delicately sung track. I'll be that girl - and you would be right over If I were a field, you would be in clover If I were the sun, you would be in shadow And if I had a gun, there'd be no tomorrow If you will not have me as myself, perhaps as someone else Perhaps as you I'll be worth noticing Then even a eunuch won't resist The magic of a kiss from such as me "Perhaps as you I'll be worth noticing" - See above. "We're all discovering more about what gender means, the fluidity of gender, how much gender is just a construct," Meloy added. Dr. Phil viewers voted "I'll Be" the greatest wedding song ever written, but in our interview with Edwin McCain, he revealed that the track was not intended as a love song at all: "It was kind of a Hail Mary prayer for me, personally.And it's been obviously linked as a romantic song. "I'll Be Your Girl is a kind of a rock 'n' roll trope like I'm Your Man." I'll Be Your Girl is the eighth studio album by the American indie rock band The Decemberists, released on March 16, 2018 on Capitol and Rough Trade. "But when at last your beauty's faded you'll be glad that I have waited for you" - Even though she is clearly not interested in him, he is going to wait for her to change her mind. "I'll be that girl - and you would be right over" - If he was her, she would come running to him in a heartbeat. "It's a cheeky song poking fun at gender stuff," he told The Sun.