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Color Blind

by Erik Dylan

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This song came to me watching the Ferguson riots unfold on CNN while I sat in Nashville with my baby boy Townes

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COLORBLIND
Erik Dylan/Victoria Banks

I WATCHED THAT CITY BURN THROUGH MY TV SCREEN
MY BRAND NEW BABY BOY SITTING NEXT TO ME
GOT ME THINKIN’ THIS AIN’T HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE
WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?
WE KEEP FIGHTIN FIGHTS WE AIN’T GONNA WIN
PEOPLE LIVE AND DIE BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN
I WONDER IF WE WOULDN’T BE SO DIFFERENT
IF THAT WAS ALL JUST GONE

THERE’D BE NO GREEN LIGHTS, NEON NIGHTS, BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN
NO MORE PINK PAINTED SKIES, NO FIELDS OF GOLDEN GRAIN
BUT I CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER IF THE WORLD WAS ONLY SHADES OF GREY
NO RED AND YELLOW, BROWN AND BLACK AND WHITE
WOULD THE HURTIN’ STOP, WOULD WE BE BETTER OFF
COLORBLIND

WE SAID THAT WE’D DO BETTER THAN OUR PARENTS DID
WE WOULDN’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES WITH OUR OWN KIDS
BUT HERE WE ARE JUST PLAYING OUT THE SAME OLD SHIT
I GUESS THE PROBLEM’S US
I BET THE LORD ABOVE, THE ONE WHO MADE US
IS THINKING THAT HE OVERESTIMATED US
MAYBE BEING DIFFERENT WOULDN’T BREAK US
IF ALL WE SAW WAS LOVE

THERE’D BE NO BLUE SKIES, EMERALD EYES, NO CRIMSON ROSE BOUQUETS
NO MORE PINK PAINTED SKIES, NO FIELDS OF GOLDEN GRAIN
BUT I CAN’T HELP BUT WONDER IF THE WORLD WAS ONLY SHADES OF GREY
NO RED AND YELLOW, BROWN AND BLACK AND WHITE
WOULD THE HURTIN’ STOP, WOULD WE BE BETTER OFF
COLORBLIND

I WATCHED THAT CITY BURN THROUGH MY TV SCREEN
MY BRAND NEW BABY BOY SITTING NEXT TO ME
GOT ME THINKIN’ THIS AIN’T HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE
WHERE DID WE GO WRONG?

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released February 18, 2015

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Erik Dylan Nashville, Tennessee

Erik Dylan, a fourth generation Kansas farmer moved to Nashville with a guitar and a dream. After 5 years & countless odd jobs Erik was discovered by country artist Kip Moore.

Erik has written songs cut by Kip Moore, Thompson Square, JT Hodges, Austin Webb, and many others

In 2014 Erik decided to pursue his artist career and has been on the road opening for Eli Young Band & Dwight Yoakam
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