These Are Not My People - Joe South

First, your mama and your papa sent you to the finest schools

Never let it be said that their little darlin' was a fool

So, with a credit card and your good name

You were drawn like a moth to the flame

To the people of the night where you more or less lost your cool

Ah, you had twenty-twenty vision and still you were walkin' 'round blind

Yes, and whether right or wrong I’d still tag along behind

But you’re flyin' too high for me

And if this is how it’s got to be

Then it’s time to say «You go your way and I’ll go mine»

It’s been a gas but I’m gonna have to pass

These are not people, no

These are not my people

And it looks like the end, my friend

Got to get in the wind, my friend

Mm, you found yourself naked in the world with no place to hide

Then you felt for the pulse of your god and he had died

Then your rebels that have got no cause

And your tigers that have got no claws

They promised you the world on a string but you know they lied

Lord, you know, you said you’d be back in a black Cadillac limousine

But you know, I’m inclined to think it’s not the kind you mean, no

'Cause when you fall down from off your cloud

And you’re just another face in the crowd

They’re gonna throw you away like last week’s magazine

It’s been a gas but I’m gonna have to pass

These are not people, no, no

These are not my people

And it looks like the end, my friend

I got to get in the wind, my friend

It looks like the end, my friend

I got to get in the wind, my friend

It looks like the end, my friend

Got to get in the wind, my friend