Part Iv
That's what they call you at our school
But I think you're just an educated fool
Wonder boy, wonder boy
If you're so smart, how come you don't know I love you
If you're so smart, how come you don't know I care
Your nose is always stuck in a book
I doubt if you even know how I look
Wonder boy, wonder boy
If you're so smart, how come you don't know I adore you
If you're so smart, you ought know I love you
In reading & writing & 'rithmetic
You're the best in the class
But if you had to take a lovin'
Native Son
I've seen many moons through these wrinkled eyes
The years have made me old but they've made me wise
Now the white man lives where our rivers run
For now better days have passed
We walk the streets of broken glass
Our people vanished as snow before the summer sun
Like dogs we were driven from this place
Such injustice, time will not erase
All these changes cannot be undone
When you feel the anger inside of you
Hold your head high - let your aim be true
Though your heart beats like a drum
My native son
Once there was a time my little one
Before the wagons - before the soldiers' guns
When this land was ours as far as the eagle flies
No white flag - no broken truce
With few words one can speak the truth - I don't hear it
Time won't heal it now
With each new day that comes to pass
Will the great spirit free us all at last?
He said we were the chosen ones
For all we had there's nothin' left
We won't forgive - we can't forget
You know that your day will come
My native son
With each new day that comes to pass
Will the great spirit free us all at last?
What has happened can never be undone
When I was young - not yet a man
The sun rose and set upon our land
We were the chosen ones
My native son