Black Gold

Nina Simone Black Gold Lyrics
1.Ain't Got No/i Got Life

(1968) gerome ragni, james rado, gal mcdermot

Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, ain't got no class
Ain't got no friends, ain't got no schoolin'
Ain't got no wear, ain't got no job
Ain't got no man

Ain't got no father, ain't got no mother
Ain't got no children, ain't got no
Ain't got no earth, ain't got no water
Ain't got no ticket, ain't got no token
Ain't got no love

I got my hair, i got my head
I got my brains, i got my ears
I got my eyes, i got my nose
I got my mouth, i got my smile

I got my tongue, i got my chin
I got my neck, i got my tits
I got my heart, i got my soul
I got my back, i got my sex

I got my arms, i got my hands
I got my fingers, got my legs
I got my feet, i got my toes
I got my liver, got my blood

Got life , i got my life


2.Assignment Sequence

Hendin

The assignment the assignment okay
Not too loud now not too loud
The song is called the assignment
Talks about the lover's gap
Tha gap between lovers
Especially in marriage and other forms

Bouncing off your wall
Tha pathways of my mind
Are on their way
Another way for today

You want me to see you
Baby i cannot see you
You want me to come for you
I cannot come for you
Cos you wany an assignment
I see no concession

Sall i hang my head with yours and be blue
Send alway laughter and fun
Spend all my time thinking about you
Don't you know there are things i can't do for you

My mind is on its way
Another way for today
My spirit is so foreign
You want silence
My spirit id taking flight now
But baby you're in a mood
And you wanna cry tonight now

Shall i hang my head with yours and be blue
That's what you want me to do
Send away laughter and fun
Spend my time crying
Trying to please you

Oh don't you know
There are things i can't do for you
My mind is on its way
Another way now for today


3.Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair

Traditional

Black is the color of my true love's hair
His face so soft and wondrous fair
The purest eyes
And the strongest hands
I love the ground on where he stands
I love the ground on where he stands

Black is the color of my true love's hair
Of my true love's hair
Of my true love's hair

Oh i love my lover
And where he goes
Yes, i love the ground on where he goes
And still i hope
That the time will come
When he and i will be as one
When he and i will be as one

So black is the color of my true love's hair
Black is the color of my true love's hair
Black is the color of my true love's hair


4.To Be Young, Gifted And Black

(1969) nina simone, weldon irvine jr

To be young, gifted and black,
Oh what a lovely precious dream
To be young, gifted and black,
Open your heart to what i mean

In the whole world you know
There are billion boys and girls
Who are young, gifted and black,
And that's a fact!

Young, gifted and black
We must begin to tell our young
There's a world waiting for you
This is a quest that's just begun

When you feel really low
Yeah, there's a great truth you should know
When you're young, gifted and black
Your soul's intact

Young, gifted and black
How i long to know the truth
There are times when i look back
And i am haunted by my youth

Oh but my joy of today
Is that we can all be proud to say
To be young, gifted and black
Is where it's at


5.Westwind


6.Who Knows Where The Time Goes

(1966) sandy denny

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, i will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But i will still be here, i have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And i am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time

For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?