We People Who Are Darker Than Blue - Sinead O'Connor

We people who are darker than blue

We people who are darker than blue

Don’t let us hang around this town

Don’t let us hang around this town

And let what others say come true

And let what others say come true

We’re just good for nothing they all figure

We’re just good for nothing they all figure

A boyish grown up shiftless jigger

A boyish grown up shiftless jigger

Now we can’t hardly stand for that

Now we can’t hardly stand for that

Or is that really where it’s at Or is that really where it’s at We people who are darker than blue

We people who are darker than blue

This ain’t no time for segregating

This ain’t no time for segregating

I’m talking 'bout brown and yellow too

I’m talking 'bout brown and yellow too

A white girl can’t you tell

A white girl can’t you tell

I’m just the surface of our dark deep well

I’m just the surface of our dark deep well

If your mind could really see

If your mind could really see

You’d know your color same as me,

You’d know your color same as me,

Pardon me brother as you stand in your glory

Pardon me brother as you stand in your glory

I know you won’t mind if I tell the whole story

I know you won’t mind if I tell the whole story

Now I know we have great respect for the sister, and mother

Now I know we have great respect for the sister, and mother

It’s even better yet

It’s even better yet

But there’s the joker in the street loving one brother ano killing the other

But there’s the joker in the street loving one brother ano killing the other

When the time comes and we are really free

When the time comes and we are really free

There’ll be no brothers left to see

There’ll be no brothers left to see

We people who are darker than blue

We people who are darker than blue

Don’t let us hang around this town

Don’t let us hang around this town

And let what others say come true

And let what others say come true

We’re just good for nothing they all figure

We’re just good for nothing they all figure

A boyish grown up shiftless jigger

A boyish grown up shiftless jigger

Now we can’t hardly stand for that

Now we can’t hardly stand for that

Or is that really where it’s at Or is that really where it’s at