janis ian's "society child," she is singing the story from the standpoint of a white high school city you anymore, baby. she says she can't continue the relationship because she is society's child. ♪ come to my door baby ♪ face is clean and shining black as night ♪ ♪ now i could understand your tears and your shame ♪ ♪ she called you boy instead of your name ♪ ♪ when she wouldn't let you inside ♪ ♪ when she'd turn to sit and honey, he's not our kind ♪ ♪ she says i can't see you anymore, baby ♪ ♪ i can't see you anymore ♪ walk me down to school, baby ♪ everybody's acting different ♪ and they say why don't you just stick to your own kind ♪ ♪ my teachers all laugh ♪ preaching equality ♪ and if they believe it then why won't they just let us be ♪ ♪ they say i can't see you anymore, baby ♪ ♪ can't see you anymore >> it's interesting to note that this song entered the charts about a month after the supreme court decision in loving v. virginia in 1967 which declared laws banning racial intermarriage, a violation of equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. that might explain why the son