Lyrics The John Butler Trio

The John Butler Trio

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Don't call me nigger, whitey

Don't call me whitey, nigger

Don't call me nigger, whitey

Don't call me whitey, nigger

Why's all the time in this world

We stumble in the night

When all we have to do is get along

We don't need to fight

And in this great beauty, beautiful beauty

Beautiful world we live upon

Well say it's far too small

Far too small for us not to get along

So saying why can't we just all get along

So saying why can't we just sing this one song

So saying why can't we just all get along

Instead of always saying

Don't call me nigger, whitey

Don't call me whitey, nigger

Don't call me nigger, whitey

Don't call me whitey, nigger

Why's all the time in this world

We stumble in the night

When all we have to do is get along

We don't need to fight

And in this great beauty, beautiful beauty

Beautiful world we live upon

Well say it's far too small

Far too small for us not to get along

There's more than just one color

To this big world rainbow

And no color shines off any brighter

This my son, you should know, you should know