George "Shadow" Morton - Society's Child lyrics

Verse 1 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." Chorus 1 She says I can't see you any more, baby Can't see you anymore Verse 2 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 Cutting deep down in our affairs Preachers of equality Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be? Chorus 2 They say I can't see you anymore baby Can't see you anymore Verse 3 One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening 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 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 Chorus 3 I say I can't see you anymore baby Can't see you anymore No, I won't see you anymore, baby