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Intro

I was an August baby

Con - ceived by the Christmas lights

I came in - to 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 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 any - way

In our darkest hour

We're all just shades of grey

They got married in a tiny chapel

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Malcolm X was on the ra - dio

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 any - way

In our darkest hour

We're all just shades of grey

Solo

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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 any - way

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

Hey.....