All Bones are White by Kevin Godley Lyrics
All I know is what they told me
Something about you being paid what you were owed
Bet they never looked into your eyes while you could still see through ‘em
To them you’re just another mess on the road
Were you pimped out as entertainment to some sick Jim Crowe party?
So they could watch you do it dirty
And watch you doing it black
Guess they were thinking you were just another whore - who’d do anything for money
And they took you behind the station and did just that
All bones are white - White white white
All bones are white - White white white
Man, They’re just the type to bang you up against the wall between shifts without thinking
And leave you in the garbage - where garbage belongs
Then take a long hot shower to get rid of the stink
And head on home to the wife and kids and make like Superman all night…
All bones are white - White right, wrong
All bones are white - Damn right wrong
I know they twisted everything
But I can’t prove it for sure
It’s all there in black and white in the Bill of Rights, or is it whites
'Cause black’s the part they still choose to ignore
And they are really serious people
They don’t bomb churches anymore
They use the ballot box
But when they found out you were wearing a wire
Did they lynch you with your own dreadlocks?
Now we’re a long way from pointing any fingers
'Cause it’s way down deep and it’s carved in Confederate stone
We’re trying to breathe life into a cold case that’s getting colder
We’re trying to breathe life into a cold case that’s getting colder
We’re trying to breathe life into a cold case that’s getting colder
And I’ve been advised…to leave it alone!
Don’t leave it alone
Never leave it alone
Nothing will ever change if you leave it alone
All I know is what they told me when they found you
Yeah yeah
And something about me getting paid what I’m owed
Yeah yeah
If I’d looked into your eyes while you could still see through ‘em
Would you have known, would you have told me I was going to be
Another mess on the road
All bones are white - White white white
All bones are white - White white white
All bones are white - White wrong right
All bones are white - White black white black right wrong
Don’t leave me alone
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me alone
Never leave me
Don’t want any blood and soil
Following me home
No no no no…
Something about you being paid what you were owed
Bet they never looked into your eyes while you could still see through ‘em
To them you’re just another mess on the road
Were you pimped out as entertainment to some sick Jim Crowe party?
So they could watch you do it dirty
And watch you doing it black
Guess they were thinking you were just another whore - who’d do anything for money
And they took you behind the station and did just that
All bones are white - White white white
All bones are white - White white white
Man, They’re just the type to bang you up against the wall between shifts without thinking
And leave you in the garbage - where garbage belongs
Then take a long hot shower to get rid of the stink
And head on home to the wife and kids and make like Superman all night…
All bones are white - White right, wrong
All bones are white - Damn right wrong
I know they twisted everything
But I can’t prove it for sure
It’s all there in black and white in the Bill of Rights, or is it whites
'Cause black’s the part they still choose to ignore
And they are really serious people
They don’t bomb churches anymore
They use the ballot box
But when they found out you were wearing a wire
Did they lynch you with your own dreadlocks?
Now we’re a long way from pointing any fingers
'Cause it’s way down deep and it’s carved in Confederate stone
We’re trying to breathe life into a cold case that’s getting colder
We’re trying to breathe life into a cold case that’s getting colder
We’re trying to breathe life into a cold case that’s getting colder
And I’ve been advised…to leave it alone!
Don’t leave it alone
Never leave it alone
Nothing will ever change if you leave it alone
All I know is what they told me when they found you
Yeah yeah
And something about me getting paid what I’m owed
Yeah yeah
If I’d looked into your eyes while you could still see through ‘em
Would you have known, would you have told me I was going to be
Another mess on the road
All bones are white - White white white
All bones are white - White white white
All bones are white - White wrong right
All bones are white - White black white black right wrong
Don’t leave me alone
Don’t leave me
Don’t leave me alone
Never leave me
Don’t want any blood and soil
Following me home
No no no no…