©Jackson/Feuerstein 2004

WORKING ON THE RAILROAD LAYING TRACKS FROM SIX TO FIVE
WORKING LIKE A HOUND DOG FEEL MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE
GOT HOME THE PLACE WAS EMPTY MY WIFE AND KIDS THEY WERE GONE
THE KITCHEN SINK WAS MISSING DIDN´T HAVE A CHAIR TO SIT ON

YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES
YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES
YOU COULD BE WHITE RED YELLOW TOO
OR A MAN FROM MARS WITH YOUR FACE ALL BLUE
YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES
YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES

OLD CHIEF BILLY TWO SHIRTS DID THE RAIN DANCE PRETTY GOOD
HE KINDA MADE A LIVIN´ TILL HIS ONE LEG TURNED TO WOOD
LIMPIN´ TO THE LIQUER STORE WITH A POCKET FULL OF QUARTERS
SOMEONE SET THE STORE ON FIRE AND ALL HE GOT WAS WATER

YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES.

A RICKSHAW MAN IN CHINA WITH THE NAME OF JIMMY WONG
LEFT HIS RICKSHAW FOR A SECOND IN THE NEXT SECOND IT WAS GONE
HE WALKED HOME IN DESPERATION FEELING LOW DOWN BAD AND MEAN
HE FOUND HIS HOUSEBOAT SUNKEN NOW HE´S LEFT WITH A SUBMARINE

YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES.

WAY UP NORTH IN GREENLAND LIVED A YOUNG BRAVE ESKIMO
HE WENT OUT A HUNTING WHEN THE ICE CRACKED DOWN BELOW
HE WAS SOAKED AND HALF FROZEN AS HE DRAGED HIS BODY HOME
AND DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING HIS IGLU WAS MELTED AND GONE
YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES

NOW LISTEN TO MY STORY WHOEVER YOU MAY BE
DON´T MATTER WHAT YOUR COLOR DON´T MATTER WHAT YOUR CREED
WELL YOU COULD BE WHITE RED YELLOW TOO
OR A MAN FROM MARS WITH YOUR FACE ALL BLUE
YOU DON´T HAVE TO BE BLACK TO SING THE BLUES .