People just ain't no good<br />
I think that's well understood<br />
You can see it everywhere you look<br />
People just ain't no good<br />
<br />
We were married under cherry trees<br />
Under blossom we made our vows<br />
All the blossoms come sailing down<br />
Through the streets and through the playgrounds<br />
<br />
The sun would stream on the sheets<br />
Awoken by the morning bird<br />
We'd buy the Sunday newspapers<br />
And never read a single word<br />
<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
<br />
Seasons came, seasons went<br />
The winter stripped the blossoms bare<br />
A different tree now lines the streets<br />
Shaking its fists in the air<br />
<br />
The winter slammed us like a fist<br />
The windows rattling in the gales<br />
To which she drew the curtains<br />
Made out of her wedding veils<br />
<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
<br />
To our love send a dozen white lilies<br />
To our love send a coffin of wood<br />
To our love let all the pink-eyed pigeons coo<br />
That people they just ain't no good<br />
To our love send back all the letters<br />
To our love a valentine of blood<br />
To our love let all the jilted lovers cry<br />
That people they just ain't no good<br />
<br />
It ain't in their hearts they're bad<br />
They can comfort you, some even try<br />
They nurse you when you're ill of health<br />
They bury you when you go and die<br />
It ain't that in their hearts they're bad<br />
They'd stick by you if they could<br />
But that's just bullshit<br />
People just ain't no good<br />
<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
People they ain't no good<br />
People they ain't no good