Two Different People - J. Blackfoot

People are people, so why should it be You and I should get along so awfully? People are people, so why should it be You and I should get along so awfully? So we're different colours and we're different creeds And different people have different needs It's obvious. you hate me, though I've done nothing wrong I've never even met you, so what could I have done? I can't understand What makes a man Hate another man (Help me understand) (Help me understand) help me understand (Help me understand) Shouting at me Decency Sure it exists Head to your fists I can't understand What makes a man Hate another man Help me understand People are people, so why should it be You and I should get along so awfully? People are people, so why should it be You and I should get along so awfully? Now you're punching, and you're kicking, and you're shouting at me I'm relying on your common decency So far, it hasn't surfaced but I'm sure it exists It just takes a while to travel from your head to your fist (head to your fist) (Help me understand) (Help me understand) People are people, so why should it be You and I should get along so awfully? People are people, so why should it be You and I should get along so awfully? I can't understand What makes a man Hate another man Help me understand (people are people) I can't understand What makes a man (why should it be?) Hate another man Help me understand (people are people) I can't understand What makes a man (why should it be?) Hate another man Help me understand (people are people) I can't understand What makes a man (why should it be?) Hate another man Help me understand (people are people) I can't understand What makes a man (why should it be?) Hate another man Help me understand (people are people) I can't understand What makes a man (why should it be?) Hate another man Help me understand

Well, things can be broken down In this world of ours You don't have to be a famous person Just to make your mark A mother can be an inspiration To her little son Change his thoughts, his mind, his life Just with her gentle hum, hum So different Yet so the same Two sisters Only have their parents to blame It's rare that two can get along But when they do, they're inseparable Such a blessing comes to few, few The sky is full of clouds And my world's full of people You got the different kinds With different ways It would take a lifetime to explain No one's the same He and she, two different people With two separate lives Then you put the two together you get a Spectacular surprise 'Cause one can teach the other one What she doesn't know While still the other fills a place inside He never knew had room to grow, grow, grow, grow The sky is full of clouds And my world's full of people You got the different kinds With different ways It would take a lifetime to explain No one's the same Oh yeah, once in a while I sit back And think about the planet Most of the time I trip on it To kick back and think about How massive it all is And how many others are on it, yeah I often think about the world In which I live today, Of animals and plants and nature's gift Set on display But the most amazing thing That I've seen in my time Are all the different people And all their different minds, minds, minds, minds And different ways It would take a lifetime to explain No one's exactly the same So many different people So many different kinds So many, many, many different people So many different Look at me, I'm a person Look at me, I'm my own person So many different people So many different kinds For better or for worse, different people

One side says "Y'all go to hell." The other says "If I believed in God, I'd send you there." But either way we make some space In the hell that we create On both sides One side says "Kill 'em all." The other says "Line those killers up against the wall." But either way some blood is shed Thanks to our cooperation On both sides On both sides One side says "Man, take what's yours!" The other says "Live on no more than you can afford." But either way we just possess And everyone ends up with less On both sides On both sides

Oh, here it comes Well, train, train, take me on out of this town Train, train, Lord, take me on out of this town Well, that woman I'm in love with, Lord, she's Memphis bound Well, leavin' here, I'm just a raggedy hobo Lord, I'm leaving here, I'm just a raggedy hobo Well, that woman I'm in love with, Lord, she's got to go Well, goodbye pretty mama, get yourself a money man Goodbye, pretty mama, Lord, get yourself a money man You take that midnight train to Memphis Lord, leave if you can Oh, take that midnight train to Memphis Lord, leave if you can Oh, take that train, baby