Verse 1: Cm F Come to my door, baby Cm F Face is clean and shining black as night Cm F My mother went to answer you know Eb F That you looked so fine Bb Now I could understand your tears and your shame D She called you "boy" instead of your name Gm When she wouldn't let you inside Eb When she turned and said F Eb F "But honey, he's not our kind." Chorus 1: Am D7 She says I can't see you any more, baby Am D7 Can't see you anymore Verse 2: Cm F Walk me down to school, baby Cm F Everybody's acting deaf and blind Cm F Until they turn and say, "Why don't you stick to Eb F your own kind." Bb My teachers all laugh, their smirking stares D Cutting deep down in our affairs Gm Preachers of equality Eb F Eb F Think they believe it, then why won't they just let us be? Chorus 2: Am D7 They say I can't see you anymore baby Am D7 Can't see you anymore Verse 3: Cm F One of these days I'm gonna stop my listening Cm F Gonna raise my head up high Cm F Eb F One of these days I'm gonna raise my glistening wings and fly Bb But that day will have to wait for a while D Baby I'm only society's child Gm When we're older things may change Eb F Eb But for now this is the way, they must remain Chorus 3: Am D7 I say I can't see you anymore baby Am D7 Can't see you anymore Bb C No, I won't see you anymore, baby
