When I was a little boy Stayed way down south Had to wear second-handed clothes Live out back-a the big house Things have changed Yes, we on the moon, now They wouldn't let us play together Now, we could go to most an school, now We used to pick the cotton Til we got too old Tell me, who was the first man Ta go to the North Pole? Things have changed Yes, we on the moon, now We used to wear boots everyday Now we wearin' bran' new shoes We plowed the mule That lived out back-a the hut Tell me who was the first man Made oil out of a peanut? Things have changed Oh, we on the moon, now They used to wouldn't let us play together Now, we can go to most any school, now You know they call us, 'coon' Say we didn't have no sense You gon' wake up one mornin' An the ol' coon will be the president Things have changed Oh, we on the moon, now You gon' wake up one mornin' An' it'll be a coon a-sittin' on the moon