To the image in their eyes
Oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul
Into a full-blooded city man
Maybe I should let them
Oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul
That a full-blooded city boy is now a full-blooded city man
Oh, if only then and only then
Maybe it would help them, help them understand
Oh my soul, oh my soul, oh my soul
Into a full-blooded city man
The tiny minds
Would they criticize behind my back?
They'd turn a full-blooded city boy
Maybe it would help them, help them understand
But I know the way they want me
If only then and only then
Maybe it would help them, help them understand
They would understand
They'd turn a full-blooded city boy
And sacred cows just fake it
If they could face it
In the way they publicize
They would understand
If they could turn their focus off
I could take it in their eyes, oh, I know I'd make it
