cockney black

ooh-ooh

ooh-ooh-ooh. oh-oh

oh-oh

yeah

ooh-ooh

ooh-ooh-ooh. oh-oh

oh-oh

yeah

i would rather be white

and live in a shack

rather than live in a palace

and be called a cockney black

yeah

one more time

i would rather be white

and live in a shack

rather than live in a palace

and be called a cockney black

yeah

lord

i don't have a witness

only your eyes alone can see

i don't mind the troubles

just let me have some peace

yeah

the more i seem to go forward

harder the road seems to be

oh

why can't you treat me like a man

instead of treating the color of me

oh

i say

i would rather be white

and live in a shack

rather than live in a palace

and be called a cockney black

one more time

oh

i would rather be white

and live in a shack

rather than live in a palace

and be called a cockney black

alright

alright

oh

oh-oh

yeah

ooh-ooh

ooh-ooh. ooh

yeah

baby

baby

oh

standing on the corner

simple as it may seem

lord

i don't know just where i stand

lord

i don't know where i stand

lord

i don't know just where i stand

stand

stand

stand

lord

i

lord

i

lord

i

lord

i

lord

i don't know where i stand

oh

yeah

i would rather be white

and live in a shack

oh

rather than live in a palace

and be called a cockney black.