Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.

Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well, and grow strong.

I asked you, baby, If you understood- You told me that you didn't, But you thought you would.

It were depression, too. They cut my wages down once at the foundry. They cut my wages down again. Then they cut my wages out, also the job.