Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)-The Karaoke Channel

[ti:Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) (In the Style of Janis Ian) {Karaoke Lead Vocal Version}] [ar:The Karaoke Channel] [al:The Karaoke Channel - The Best Of Pop Vol. - 102] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking) (Vocal Version) - The Karaoke Channel [00:18.50]Come to my door baby [00:21.47] [00:22.78]Face is clean and shining black as night [00:25.60] [00:27.03]My mother went to answer [00:29.61]You know that you looked so fine [00:32.47] [00:34.82]Now I could understand your tears and your shame [00:39.66] [00:40.34]She called you 'Boy' instead of your name [00:44.17] [00:45.08]When she wouldn't let you inside [00:48.83] [00:49.63]When she turned and said "But honey he's not our kind" [00:55.45] [00:57.12]She says I can't see you any more baby [01:03.66] [01:04.36]Can't see you anymore [01:06.83] [01:09.84]Walk me down to school baby [01:13.88] [01:14.62]Everybody's acting deaf and blind [01:18.18] [01:18.88]Until they turn and say [01:20.31]Why don't you stick to your own kind [01:24.98] [01:26.70]My teachers all laugh they smirk and stare [01:31.35] [01:32.56]Cuttin' deep down in our affair [01:35.79] [01:37.02]Preachers of equality think they believe it [01:42.33]Then why won't they just let us be [01:48.25] [01:48.96]They say I can't see you anymore baby [01:55.42] [01:56.22]Can't see you anymore [01:59.96] [02:01.42]One of these days I'm gonna stop my listenin' [02:04.82] [02:05.34]Gonna raise my head up high [02:08.76] [02:10.81]One of these days I'm gonna raise my glistenin' [02:14.18]Wings and fly [02:17.52] [02:20.05]But that day will have to wait for awhile [02:23.23] [02:24.25]Baby I'm only a society's child [02:27.98] [02:29.20]When we're older things may change [02:32.66] [02:33.34]But for now this is the way they must remain [02:39.92] [02:41.04]I say I can't see you any more baby [02:47.48] [02:48.24]Can't see you anymore [02:51.66] [02:52.27]No I don't wanna see you any more baby