There ain't a man alive today   Who doesn't want to have the world in his hand   And everything to go his way   And abuse what he don't understand   Some people never can be satisfied   less they push somebody else around   But I can't give no aid or take no side   I just watch them drag each other down because      Some folks is even whiter than me   Some folks is even blacker than me   I got myself caught in the middle somewhere   And that's just where I want to be      I'm talking bout the outside   Talking bout the inside too      I spent a lot of time alone   And when I'm gone you won't remember my name   But I ain't never been nobody's boss but my own   And I hope that you can say the same   And I feel just like everyone around   I like so sing my songs of change like a crooner   But if we was all to live another mile uptown   I think we'd like to get it changed a whole lot sooner