| We people who are darker than blue
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| We people who are darker than blue
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| Don’t let us hang around this town
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| Don’t let us hang around this town
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| And let what others say come true
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| And let what others say come true
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| We’re just good for nothing they all figure
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| We’re just good for nothing they all figure
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| A boyish grown up shiftless jigger
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| A boyish grown up shiftless jigger
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| Now we can’t hardly stand for that
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| Now we can’t hardly stand for that
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| Or is that really where it’s at Or is that really where it’s at We people who are darker than blue
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| We people who are darker than blue
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| This ain’t no time for segregating
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| This ain’t no time for segregating
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| I’m talking 'bout brown and yellow too
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| I’m talking 'bout brown and yellow too
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| A white girl can’t you tell
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| A white girl can’t you tell
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| I’m just the surface of our dark deep well
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| I’m just the surface of our dark deep well
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| If your mind could really see
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| If your mind could really see
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| You’d know your color same as me,
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| You’d know your color same as me,
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| Pardon me brother as you stand in your glory
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| Pardon me brother as you stand in your glory
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| I know you won’t mind if I tell the whole story
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| I know you won’t mind if I tell the whole story
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| Now I know we have great respect for the sister, and mother
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| Now I know we have great respect for the sister, and mother
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| It’s even better yet
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| It’s even better yet
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| But there’s the joker in the street loving one brother ano killing the other
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| But there’s the joker in the street loving one brother ano killing the other
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| When the time comes and we are really free
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| When the time comes and we are really free
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| There’ll be no brothers left to see
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| There’ll be no brothers left to see
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| We people who are darker than blue
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| We people who are darker than blue
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| Don’t let us hang around this town
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| Don’t let us hang around this town
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| And let what others say come true
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| And let what others say come true
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| We’re just good for nothing they all figure
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| We’re just good for nothing they all figure
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| A boyish grown up shiftless jigger
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| A boyish grown up shiftless jigger
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| Now we can’t hardly stand for that
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| Now we can’t hardly stand for that
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| Or is that really where it’s at Or is that really where it’s at |