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Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)

In the style of

Janis Ian

Lyrics

come to my door baby
face is clean
and shining
black as night

my mother went
to answer you
know that you
looked so fine

now i could
understand
your tears
and your shame
she called you boy
instead of your name

when she wouldn't
let you inside
when she turned
and said but honey
he's not our kind

she says
i can't see you
anymore baby
can't see you
anymore

walk me down
to school baby
everybody's acting
deaf and blind
until they
turn and say
why don't you
stick to your own kind

my teachers
all laugh
their smirking stares
cuttin' deep down
in our affairs

preachers
of equality
think they believe it
then why won't they
just let us be

they say
i can't see you
anymore baby
can't see you
anymore

one of these days
i'm gonna
stop my listenin'
gonna raise
my head up high

one of these days
i'm gonna raise up
my glistenin' wings
and fly

but that day
will have to
wait for a while
baby i'm only
society's child

when we're older
things may change
but for now
this is the way
they must remain

i say i can't see you
anymore baby
can't see you
anymore no
i don't want to see you
anymore baby

Details

  • Duration : 3:12
  • Key : Gm
  • Genre : Pop
  • Year released : 1967
  • Language : English

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