Society's Child
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 any more, 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, they smirk and stare
Cuttin' deep down in our affair
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
My glistening wings and fly
But that day will have to wait for awhile
Baby, I'm only a 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 any more, baby
Can't see you anymore
No, I don't wanna see you any more, baby
Society's ChildLRC歌词
[00:18.50]Come to my door, baby
[00:22.78]Face is clean and shining black as night
[00:27.03]My mother went to answer
[00:29.61]You know that you looked so fine
[00:34.82]Now, I could understand your tears and your shame
[00:40.34]She called you 'Boy' instead of your name
[00:45.08]When she wouldn't let you inside
[00:49.63]When she turned and said, "But honey, he's not our kind"
[00:57.11]
[00:57.12]She says I can't see you any more, baby
[01:04.36]Can't see you anymore
[01:09.83]
[01:09.84]Walk me down to school, baby
[01:14.62]Everybody's acting deaf and blind
[01:18.88]Until they turn and say
[01:20.31]"Why don't you stick to your own kind?" “
[01:26.70]My teachers all laugh, they smirk and stare
[01:32.56]Cuttin' deep down in our affair
[01:37.02]Preachers of equality, think they believe it
[01:42.33]Then why won't they just let us be
[01:48.95]
[01:48.96]They say I can't see you anymore, baby
[01:56.22]Can't see you anymore
[02:01.41]
[02:01.42]One of these days I'm gonna stop my listenin
[02:05.34]Gonna raise my head up high
[02:10.81]One of these days I'm gonna raise
[02:12.98]My glistening wings and fly
[02:20.05]But that day will have to wait for awhile
[02:24.25]Baby, I'm only a society's child
[02:29.20]When we're older things may change
[02:33.34]But for now this is the way they must remain
[02:41.03]
[02:41.04]I say, I can't see you any more, baby
[02:48.24]Can't see you anymore
[02:52.27]No, I don't wanna see you any more, baby
