Come to my door, baby,nFace is clean and shining black as night.nMy mother went to answer you knownThat you looked so fine.nnNow I could understand your tears and your shame,nShe called you boy instead of your name.nWhen she wouldn't let you inside,nWhen she turned and saidnBut honey, he's not our kind.nnShe says I can't see you any more, baby,nCan't see you anymore.nnWalk me down to school, baby,nEverybody's acting deaf and blind.nUntil they turn and say,nWhy don't you stick to your own kind.nnMy teachers all laugh, their smirking stares,nCutting deep down in our affairs.nPreachers of equality,nThink they believe it,nThen why won't they just let us be?nnThey say I can't see you anymore baby,nCan't see you anymore.nnOne of these days I'm gonna stop my listening,nGonna raise my head up high.nOne of these days I'm gonna raise up my glistening wings and fly.nnBut that day will have to wait for a while.nBaby I'm only society's child.nWhen we're older things may change,nBut for now this is the way they must remain.nnI say I can't see you anymore baby,nCan't see you anymore.nNo, I don't want to see you anymore, baby.