So many questions, so little response,
Who carved swastikas on Mingus's door?
It wasn't the Nazis,
It sure wasn't Hitler,
It wasn't a ghost from two decades before,
A smart suit and tie,
Is it enough?
Is it enough for Bavarian minds?
Small in your country, small in your thinking,
Small in your willing to let a man die
Something sweet,
Something tender,
Something sweet,
Something tender
So many questions, let's make up a survey,
How many black men have you ever known?
Is he a black man?
Or is he a musician?
Can you a**ume that he's on h**n?
Thinking back to better times means thinking back to yours and not mine,
So many questions, so little response,
[Cry since you] know that in time they'll be lost
Something sweet,
Something tender,
Something sweet,
Something tender
Somebody murdered Eric Dolphy,
All you ba*tards just stand and stare,
Somebody murdered Eric Dolphy,
d**h is a dream in the subjective air,
Walking down these ancient streets,
It all seems strangely beautiful,
Maybe the problem is equally me,
Trying to get a grip on it all