Lyrics These Are Not My People - Johnny Rivers

These Are Not My People

First your momma and your poppa send you to the finest schools
Never let it be said that their little darlin' was a fool
So with a credit card and your good name
You were drawn like a moth to a flame
To that crowd of the night where you more less blew your cool
Well, you had 20−20 vision but still you were walking' 'round hushed (oh shooby
do was, oh, yeah)
And whether right or wrong I still tag along behind (oh shooby do was, oh, now)
Now if you think that’s reality
And, girl, if that’s what you wanna be
It’s time to say you go your way and I’ll go mine
It’s been a gas but I’m gonna have to pass
These are not my people, no, no
These are not my people
Looks like, yeah, my friend, I’ve got to get in the wind, my friend (oh, yeah)
Woah
(Oh shooby do wop, oh yeah)
(These are not my people
These are not my people
Looks like, yeah, I’ve got to get in the wind, oh, no)
If you find yourself naked in the world with no place to hide (shooby do woo,
oh, yeah)
And you feel the force of your god and he has died (shooby do woo, oh, no)
Yeah, your a rebel that’s got no cause
A tiger that’s got no claws
Oh, they promised you the world on a string but you know they lied
Oh, they said you’d be back in a big, black limousine (shooby do woo, oh, yeah)
But you know I’m inclined to believe that’s not the kind you mean (shooby do
woo, oh, no)
'Cause when you’re falling' down offa your cloud
And you just wanna be some crowd
There gonna throw you away like last week’s magazines
It’s been a gas but I’m gonna pass
These are not my people, girl
These are not my people
Looks like, yeah, my friend, I’ve got to get in the wind, my friend
Looks like, yeah, my friend, I’ve got to get in the wind