Colored By - Daniel Amos

You might not recognize

The truth gets colored by wrong things

Bad things do disguise

Afraid you might despise the real thing

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

Down in southern Cal, we don’t wear shoes

We lay it way back

When someone with charisma tells me, «Don't wear shoes»

I tell them «Go back

Where did you get that?»

You might not recognize

The truth gets colored by wrong things

Bad things do disguise

Afraid you might despise the real thing

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

Down in Africa, they beat the drum

They like the big beat

A white man through a P.A.

says, «Don't beat that drum»

They tell him, «Go back

Where does it say that?»

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

Down at the little church, they all wear hats

They feel they’re doing right

Over at the big church, well, they hate those hats

It gets them uptight

Now is that right?

You might not recognize

The truth gets colored by wrong things

Bad things do disguise

Afraid you might despise the real thing

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

The real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh

I’m talkin' 'bout the real thing, whoa-oh