[Verse 1]
Just across the railroad tracks
On the far side of the town
All the people there are black
And they live in colored town, colored town

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
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

[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
Come the evening, come the wine
Come the dancing music sound
Liquor knows no color line
Not even down in colored town, colored town

[Verse 7]
A prison with no prison guards
Where no padlocks can be found
A jail without no cells and bars
But you'll never escape from colored town, colored town

[Verse 8]
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