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