Billy Joe Royal These Are Not My People Lyrics

[Verse 1]
First, your mama and your papa sent you to the finest school
Never let it be said that their little darlin' was a fool
With a credit card and your good name
You're drawn like a moth to the flame
To the people of the night where you more or less lost your cool

[Verse 2]
Yeah, 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"

[Chorus]
It's been a gas but I'm gonna have to pass
These are not my pеople
These arе not my people
Looks like the end, my friend
Gonna get in the wind, my friend

[Verse 3]
You found yourself naked in the world with no place to hide Then you felt the pulse of your mind and it had died
And 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

[Verse 4]
Yeah, you said you'd be back in a black Cadillac limousine
But I'm inclined to think it's not the kind you mean
'Cause when you fall down off your cloud
And you're just another face in the crowd
They're gonna throw you away like last week's magazines

[Chorus]
Fodder fowls with sociable gals
These are not people, no
These are not my people
Looks like the end, my friend
Got to get in the wind, my friend

[Outro]
Looks like the end, my friend
Got to get in the wind, my friend
Looks like the end, my friend
Gonna get in the wind, my friend