[Italics: Alvin Snow voice]
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me

Tell me
Can nobody tell me
Tell me
Can nobody tell me

Ain't nobody ever told me
Nobody ever told me
Ain't nobody ever told me
Nobody ever told me
My mama was white
My daddy was black
Left me to die
On the railroad track

I don't know if I'm black
I don't know if I'm white
I'm just a sad nobody
That everybody bites
Ain't nobody ever told me
Ain't nobody ever told me (*can nobody tell me*)
Ain't nobody ever told me
Ain't nobody ever told me (*tell me*)
Ain't nobody ever told me (*can nobody tell me*)
Ain't nobody ever told me
Ain't nobody ever told me
No
Never
Ever
Ever
Nothing
Nothing
Ever