These Are Not My People Lyrics

well, your momma and your poppa sent ya 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 were drawn like a moth to a flame
to the people of the night where you more or less lost your cool

it's been a gas but i'm gonna have to pa*s
chorus

these are not my people no
these are not my people
and it looks like the end my friend
gotta' get in the wind my friend

well you find your self naked in the world with no place to hide
and you felt for the pulse of you're god and he had died
now you're rebels that have got no cause
lord, you're tigers that have got no claws
well they promised you the world on a string but you know they lied

oh, you said you'd be back in a black cadillac limousine
but you know im inclined to think it's not the kind you mean
'cause when you fall down from off your cloud
and you're just another face in the crowd
there gonna throw you away like last weeks magazine

note: repeat its been a gas but i'm gonna have to pa*s
before each chorus

Joe South - Anthology: A Mirror of His Mind -- Hits and Highlights 1968-1975

Dec 2001

1. Hush
2. Down In The Boondocks
3. Games People Play
4. Mirror Of Your Mind
5. All My Hard Times
6. Rose Garden
7. The Greatest Love
8. Redneck
9. These Are Not My People
10. Don't You Be Ashamed
11. Birds Of A Feather
12. Untie Me
13. Concrete Jungle
14. Clock Up On The Wall
15. Children
16. Be A Believer
17. Walk A Mile In My Shoes
18. Don't It Make You Want To Go Home?
19. High On A Hilltop
20. Real Thing
21. Save Your Best
22. Midnight Rainbows/It Got Away
23. Home And Homesick