Well, I don't know what

Well, I don't know who

I don't know where or when

Well, I don't know him

And I don't know they

Well, I don't know thick or thin

Landing in empty parking lots

In deserted discount stores

Negro Observers

Are landing by the scores

Talking down in their low-rider cars

From a blue tone Venus and Mars

Negro Observers

Are counting heads in singles bars

Walking up and down the empty boulevard

Negro Observers

With muscles that are very hard

Walking up and down and a falling everywhere

Negro Observers flying through the air

And they don't know what goes on

But the Negro Observers are big and strong