Society’s Child (1965)
Society's Child (originally titled Baby I've Been Thinking) is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian in 1965. Its lyrics concern an interracial romance – a still-taboo subject in the mid-1960s. Ian was 13 years of age when she was motivated to write and compose the song, and she completed it when she was 14. Released as "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)", the single charted high in many cities in the autumn of 1966 but did not hit big nationally until the summer of 1967, when it peaked at no. 14 on Billboard's Hot 100.[1]
Key Lyrics
Now, I could understand your tears and your shame
She called you 'Boy' instead of your name
When she wouldn't let you inside
When she turned and said, "But honey, he's not our kind"
She says I can't see you any more, baby
Can't see you anymore
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Live Performance
Reference
- ↑ Society’s Child. Wikipedia. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
