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Title: Society's Child (lyrics)Author: Janis IanRelease date: January 1, 2002 [eBook #3001]Most recently updated: April 16, 2015Language: English
Title: Society's Child (lyrics)
Author: Janis Ian
Author: Janis Ian
Release date: January 1, 2002 [eBook #3001]Most recently updated: April 16, 2015
Language: English
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(Janis Ian)
Copyright (c) 1966 Taosongs Two (BMI) Admin. by Bug
Come to my door, babyFace is clean and shining black as nightMy mama went to answerYou know that you looked so fineNow I could understand the tears & the shameShe called you boy instead of your nameWhen she wouldn't let you insideWhen she turned and said"But honey, he's not our kind"
She says I can't see you any more, babyCan't see you any more
Walk me down to school, babyEverybody's acting deaf and blindUntil they turn and say"Why don't you stick to your own kind"My teachers all laugh, their smirking staresCutting deep down in our affairsPreachers of equalityThink they believe itThen why won't they just let us be?
They say I can't see you any more, babyCan't see you any more
One of these days I'm gonna stop my listeningGonna raise my head up highOne of these days I'm gonna raise upMy glistening wings and flyBut that day will have to wait for a whileBaby, I'm only society's childWhen we're older, things may changeBut for now this is the way they must remain
I say I can't see you any more, babyCan't see you any moreNo, I don't want to see you any moreBaby