Short Eyes Lyrics - Curtis Mayfield

Stranger man took my only daughter 

Round the candy shop, soda pop 

All for just a quarter 

Rememberin' the loving way she wore her hair 

Her sunrise eyes, her petite size 

Just want to warn you children some 

Short Eyes is pusher number one 

Girls, when you shake your shaggy, shaggy 

Beware dudes when you hang out in the alley. 

Beware dirty, dirty, dirty 

Short Eyes 

Any kind of people so disguised 

Brother man will see them penalized 

Sad, sick ain't no way for bail 

Kinda feel like sending him to hell 

Handsome man becomes an ugly freak 

Freak freak freak freak freak 

Out just long enough for nasty treats 

Living corpse wedged up in the tombs 

Has to face the judgment in the room 

Beware dirty, dirty dirty 

Short Eyes 

Any kind of people so disguised 

Brother man will see them penalized 

Freak freak freak freak freak 

Freak freak freak 

Beware dirty dirty dirty Short Eyes 

Any kind of people so disguised 

Brother man will see them penalized