Bobby Bare - What Color (Is a Man) lyrics

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(Marge Barton)

One day a little boy climbed up on his daddy's knee

With picture and crayons in his hand

He said, "When I grow up this is a man I want to be.

Daddy, what color is a man?"

"When I'm a man I want to be happy

I want to be strong and free

I want to be brave like a soldier

What crayon should I use to color me."

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If you color him blue son he may not be a happy man

If you color him red son someone may steal his land

If you color him green or yellow he may be jealous and cowardly

If you color him black son he may never be free.

He told him, "Son put your crayons away

And try your best to understand

Man's never made of any color my boy

Color never made any man, any man..."