From Chicago to Miami

Shout New York, shout LA


Today we take the White House


And paint it poor man's gray

From London to Damascus


Cry Freetown in Marseilles


Today we take the blue sky

And paint it poor man's gray


My mama she done told me


There's heart and then there's hate

If one of them is inside of you


The other one it ain't


From the alleys on the East side

Where the train it throws the weight






Brother take that cheeky smile


And paint it poor man's gray

From Berlin to Havana


From Beijing to Bombay


Today we take the blue sky

And paint it poor man's gray