Shades of Grey

I was an August baby

Conceived by the Christmas lights

I came into the world by the setting sun

On a humid summer night
When my grandmother held me for the very first time
She thanked God I looked like
My daddy

And I never quite knew just
What she meant
But I knew she was a lit-tle too happy
And now I see

You can't change a stubborn mind

You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
What does it matter anyway

In our
Darkest hour we're all just shades of grey

They got married in a tiny chapel
1965

Malcolm X was on the radio

When he took her as his wife
And she looked so pretty that September day
And her older brother cried as he gave her away
And the minister looked like he didn't know what to say

And then he spoke

You can't change a stubborn mind

You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
What does it matter anyway
In our
Darkest hour we're all just shades of grey

And when my grandmother held me
For the very first time
She thanked God
I looked like my daddy
And I never gave a
Damn just what she meant
But I knew she was a little too happy
And now I see

You can't change a stubborn mind

You can't see the world if your eyes are blind
What does it matter anyway

In our darkest hour we're all just shades of grey

In our darkest hour we're all just shades of
Darkest hour we're all just

Shades of grey - Hey Hey Hey

It doesn't matter anyway Don't give a damn
Don't give a damn
Don't give a damn what they say

We're all just shades of grey

We're all just shades of grey

Shades of grey