[Verse 1]
When I was a little boy
Stayed way down south
Had to wear second-handed clothes
Live out back-a the big house

[Chorus 1]
Things have changed
Yes, we on the moon, now
They wouldn't let us play together
Now, we could go to most an school, now

[Verse 2]
We used to pick the cotton
Til we got too old
Tell me, who was the first man
Ta go to the North Pole?

[Chorus 2]
Things have changed
Yes, we on the moon, now
We used to wear boots everyday
Now we wearin' bran' new shoes

[Harmonica solo]
[Verse 3]
We plowed the mule
That lived out back-a the hut
Tell me who was the first man
Made oil out of a peanut?

[Chorus 3]
Things have changed
Oh, we on the moon, now
They used to wouldn't let us play together
Now, we can go to most any school, now

[Verse 4]
You know they call us, 'coon'
Say we didn't have no sense
You gon' wake up one mornin'
An the ol' coon will be the president

[Chorus 4]
Things have changed
Oh, we on the moon, now
You gon' wake up one mornin'
An' it'll be a coon a-sittin' on the moon