The Assignment Sequence - Nina Simone

The assignment the assignment okay

Not too loud now not too loud

The song is called the assignment

Talks about the lover’s gap

Tha gap between lovers

Especially in marriage and other forms

Bouncing off your wall

Tha pathways of my mind

Are on their way

Another way for today

You want me to see you

Baby I cannot see you

You want me to come for you

I cannot come for you

Cos you want an assignment

I see no concession

Shall I hang my head with yours and be blue

Send alway laughter and fun

Spend all my time thinking about you

Don’t you know there are things I can’t do for you

My mind is on its way

Another way for today

My spirit is so foreign

You want silence

My spirit is taking flight now

But baby you’re in a mood

And you wanna cry tonight now

Shall I hang my head with yours and be blue

That’s what you want me to do

Send away laughter and fun

Spend my time crying

Trying to please you

Oh don’t you know

There are things I can’t do for you

My mind is on it’s way

Another way now for today