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Colored Town
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Phil Ochs
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Pre>(capo I)
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Am dm
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Just across the railroad tracks
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Am g
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On the far side of the town
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Amdm
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All the people there are black
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Am g
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And they live in colored town
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Am
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Colored town
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Speeding cars down the highway run
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They never stop to look around
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One place that the highway shuns
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And that place is colored town
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Colored town
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On the sidewalk children play
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In the gutters watch them clown
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White world is so far away
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So far away from colored town
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Colored town
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The owners of the local stores
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Owners of the local ground
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They're walking on a finer floor
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Skin's too white for colored town
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Colored town
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In the early of the day
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For the white homes they are bound
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As a janitor, as a maid
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They leave their place in colored town
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Colored town
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Come the evening, come the wine
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Come the dancing music sound
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Liquor knows no color line
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Not even down in colored town
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Colored town
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A prison with no prison guards
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Where no padlocks can be found
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A jail without cells and bars
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But you'll never escape from colored town
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Colored town
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Come let's open all the doors
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From birmingham to harlem's ground
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From jackson to chicago's shores
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Let's take a look at colored town
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Colored town
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Come take a look at colored town
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Colored town
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