Colored Town Lyrics - Phil Ochs

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Just across the railroad tracks 

Am g 

On the far side of the town 

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All the people there are black 

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And they live in colored town 

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Colored town 

Speeding cars down the highway run 

They never stop to look around 

One place that the highway shuns 

And that place is colored town 

Colored town 

On the sidewalk children play 

In the gutters watch them clown 

White world is so far away 

So far away from colored town 

Colored town 

The owners of the local stores 

Owners of the local ground 

They're walking on a finer floor 

Skin's too white for colored town 

Colored town 

In the early of the day 

For the white homes they are bound 

As a janitor, as a maid 

They leave their place in colored town 

Colored town 

Come the evening, come the wine 

Come the dancing music sound 

Liquor knows no color line 

Not even down in colored town 

Colored town 

A prison with no prison guards 

Where no padlocks can be found 

A jail without cells and bars 

But you'll never escape from colored town 

Colored town 

Come let's open all the doors 

From birmingham to harlem's ground 

From jackson to chicago's shores 

Let's take a look at colored town 

Colored town 

Come take a look at colored town 

Colored town 

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