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Society’s Child (Solo)
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Janis Ian
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You come to my door, baby Your face is clean and shining black as night My mama went to answer You know that you looked so fine Now I could understand the tears and the 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 said I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you any more Walk me down to school, baby Everybody's acting deaf and blind Until they turn and say "Why don't you just stick to your own kind?" My teachers all laugh, their smirking stares Cutting deep down in our affairs Preachers of equality Think they believе it Then why won't they just let us bе? They say I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you any more One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening Gonna raise my head up high One of these days I'm gonna raise up my glistening 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 any more, baby Can't see you any more No, I don't wanna see you any more, baby
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