Lyrics These Are Not My People - Joe South

First your mama and your papa
Sent you to the finest school
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