作词 : Scott-Heron
I been down in 
Pennsylvania, 
Where I was working in the mine. 
And I been down in 
Cincinnati; 
They laid me off the assembly line. 
Yeah, they got me looking everywhere, 
But I ain't too proud of what 
I found. And you can't name where 
I ain't been down. '
Cause there ain't no place 
I ain't been down. 
I was down in 
Kansas City, 
Where even the blues sell by the pound 
And I been down in 
New York City, brother, 
And that ain't no place to be down. 
Yeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children; 
You see, we're looking for a higher ground, 
And you can't name where we ain't been down. '
Cause there ain't no place we ain't been down. 
We fell down somewhere 
Between the cities and the towns. 
We went down, 
I know, Between the smiles and the frowns. 
And if they call me in the morning, 
I mean, I'd recognize the sound, '
Cause you can't name where we ain't been down. 
There ain't no place we ain't been down. 
Standing in the shadows 
It sho'nuff (sure enough) looks like rain. 
I see the steel-gray clouds above me 
Yeah, well the anguish and the pain. 
Yeah, I been looking everywhere for peace, 
But I swear, there just ain't none around. 
But you can't name where 
I ain't been down. '
Cause there ain't no place 
I ain't been down. 
We been down 
Between the cities and the towns. 
Yeah, been down somewhere 
Between the smiles and the frowns. 
And if they call me in the morning, 
I mean, I'd recognize the sound, '
Cause you can't name where 
I ain't been down. 
There ain't no place 
I ain't been down.