These Are Not My People

(album: Games People Play - 1969)

First, your mama and your papa sent you to the finest schools
Never let it be said that their little darling 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 walking 'round blind
Yes, and whether right or wrong I'd still tag along behind
But you're flying 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