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 anymore, 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, the smirking stares
Cutting deep down in our affairs.
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 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 anymore baby
Can't see you anymore
No, I don't want to see you anymore, baby.
