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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

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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

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