Edgar Winter - White Man’s Blues lyrics
[Edgar Winter - White Man’s Blues lyrics]
You might think bein' white would
Surely be the best
But it ain't always right when
You're whiter than the rest
Well maybe there's a curse that
Yet I haven't guessed
Sometimes it's hard to tell if I've
Been cursed or I've been blessed
With the white man blues
Ah, did I win or did I lose
At least the black man has a brother
But for me there is no other
Than the white man's blues
Ah, you can go out to thе
Beach and get yourself a tan
Turn a goldеn brown like so many other can
You got a lot of nerve to call yourself white
You take one look at me
You say "They only come out at night"
I got the white man's blues
Ah, you should see the way I bruise
Now the sun don't make me redder
But I just can't do no better
Than the white man's blues yeah
Well, I got an older brother who
Looks a bit like me
But he's covered with tattoos
(not as touched as I can be)
Now they say we look like twins
On that I can agree
At least I know he understands
How crazy it can be
To have the white man's blues
But I refuse to get tattoos
Just ask my Father and my Mother
How much I love my brother
With the white man's blues, yeah
Well, I'm not complainin'
I'm really happy bein' me
I'm just explainin' so that
Maybe you can see
That if there's something about yourself
That has you feelin' stuck
Like a friend of mine once
Told me "Hey Edgar, lighten up"
It's just the white man's blues, yeah
I wouldn't change if I could choose
I'm just another baby boomer
At least I've got a sense of humor
'Bout the white man's blues
Surely be the best
But it ain't always right when
You're whiter than the rest
Well maybe there's a curse that
Yet I haven't guessed
Sometimes it's hard to tell if I've
Been cursed or I've been blessed
With the white man blues
Ah, did I win or did I lose
At least the black man has a brother
But for me there is no other
Than the white man's blues
Ah, you can go out to thе
Beach and get yourself a tan
Turn a goldеn brown like so many other can
You got a lot of nerve to call yourself white
You take one look at me
You say "They only come out at night"
I got the white man's blues
Ah, you should see the way I bruise
Now the sun don't make me redder
But I just can't do no better
Than the white man's blues yeah
Well, I got an older brother who
Looks a bit like me
But he's covered with tattoos
(not as touched as I can be)
Now they say we look like twins
On that I can agree
At least I know he understands
How crazy it can be
To have the white man's blues
But I refuse to get tattoos
Just ask my Father and my Mother
How much I love my brother
With the white man's blues, yeah
Well, I'm not complainin'
I'm really happy bein' me
I'm just explainin' so that
Maybe you can see
That if there's something about yourself
That has you feelin' stuck
Like a friend of mine once
Told me "Hey Edgar, lighten up"
It's just the white man's blues, yeah
I wouldn't change if I could choose
I'm just another baby boomer
At least I've got a sense of humor
'Bout the white man's blues