Smokey Robinson & The Miracles — When Nobody Cares

[Verse 1] The day is here The time is now It should be clear That someway, somehow We've all got to learn to live together (Together) Learn that it don’t really matter whether (Whether) [Pre-Chorus] You come from over here, over there People come from everywhere We all got here the same way Here we are and here we stay [Chorus] Yeah, there's got to come a day When nobody cares now When nobody cares Whether your skin is black or white If you're wrong, you’re wrong, and if you're right, you're right Whether your skin is red or yellow You'll be just another fellow Oh, won't that be mellow? [Verse 2] We're wasting time We should be spending Fixing a world That needs some mending All you gotta do is use some common sense now (Common sense) We're hurtin' each other at our own expense now (Own expense) [Pre-Chorus] Every man could realize If he don’t put up his eyes He’s just a man like all the rest Nothing more and nothing less [Chorus] The time has got to come on, yes When nobody cares I said, nobody (When nobody cares) Whether your hair is straight or woolly They'll try to understand you fully Whether you speak their dialect As long as you’re right, you'll get respect These are going to be correct [Verse 3] We've all got to learn to live together (Together) Learn that it don't really matter whether (Whether) [Pre-Chorus] You come from over here, over there People come from everywhere We all got here the same way Here we are and here we stay [Chorus] Yeah, there’s got to come a day (When nobody cares) I said, nobody (When nobody cares) Yeah, yeah, whether your skin is black or white If you're wrong, you're wrong, and if you're right, you're right Whether your skin is red or yellow You'll be just another fellow Yeah, yeah When nobody cares Oh (When nobody cares) Ooh, whether your hair is straight or woolly They'll try to understand you fully Whether you speak their dialect As long as you're right, you'll get respect Yeah, yeah (When nobody cares) Nobody cares (When nobody cares)