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   Society's Child Lyrics: Come to my door, baby, face is clean and shining black as night / My mother went to answer, you know that you looked so fine / Now I could understand your...

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   Jan 5, 2010 · Artist: Janis Ian Album: Society's Child (1967) Lyrics: Come to my door, baby, Face is clean and shining black as night. My mother went to answer you know That you looked...

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   The lyrics of the song center on the feelings of a young girl who witnesses the humiliation that her African American boyfriend receives from the girl's mother and the taunts that she herself endures not only from classmates but also from educators whose hypocrisy leads them to "laugh their smirking stares" while acting as "preachers of equality...

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   Janis Ian Lyrics. "Society's Child". Come to my door, baby. Face is clean and shining black as night. My mama went to answer. You know that you looked so fine. Now I could understand the tears and the shame. She called you "Boy", instead of your name. When she wouldn't let you inside.

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   Janis Ian sings 'Society's Child' from her 1966 Verve Forecast album 'Janis Ian'. The lyrics are in the video and below with comments about the song. [Vinyl/L...

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   Cause baby, I'm only society's child. When we're older, things may change. But for now this is the way they must remain. I can't see you any more, baby. No, I don't want to see you any more.

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   What is society's child about?

   • " Society's Child " (originally titled " Baby I've Been Thinking ") is a song about an interracial relationship written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Janis Ian in 1965.

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   Who wrote the song 'Society's Child'?

   • Janis, who grew up in an all-black neighborhood in East Orange, New Jersey, wrote 'Society's Child' when she was 15 years old (she wrote most of the song on the school bus). When the song was released in 1966, Janis was only 15 years old.

   Janis Ian: Married in London, but not in New York : Song

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   Who wrote 'society's child' & 'Baby I've Been Thinking'?

   • Songwriter and producer Shadow Morton signed Janis to a record contract and made the decision to issue "Society's Child" as her first release. Ian's original title for the song was "Baby, I've Been Thinking", but Morton changed it to "Society's Child". It was recorded using six studio musicians.

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   When was 'Society's Child' by Michael released?

   • Michael, from Palm Springs, California, was 12 years old when 'Society's Child' was released. The listener was just starting to listen to Top 40 radio, in this case WEAM in Washington. This is truly one of the most beautiful songs EVER written if not THE most beautiful. The music is simple and not overloaded like today. There's an echoing, haunting feeling.

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   Society's Child Lyrics by Janis Ian- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: COME TO MY DOOR, BABY FACE IS CLEAN AND SHINING BLACK AS NIGHT MY MOTHER WENT TO ANSWER YOUR NOTE AND YOU LOOKED SO FIN…