Colorblind

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

I don’t know what they’re doin’ it for

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

It ain’t paradise no more (no more)

Well, will you worship the mountains or the dollar sign?

We’re dying a slow death of our own design

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

No, it ain’t paradise no more


They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

I don’t know what they’re doin’ it for

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

No, it ain’t paradise no more (no more)

You gotta face an ugly brown cloud every time you take a ride

Down from Mile High City up the mountainside

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

No, it ain’t paradise no more


They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

I don’t know what they’re doin’ it for

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

It ain’t paradise no more

There’s a beauty here that should not be lost

We’ve got enough goddamn excuses for a holocaust

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

No, it ain’t paradise no more


They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

I don’t know what they’re doin’ it for

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

It ain’t paradise no more (no more)

They’ve got nerve gas stored in underground vats

Plutonium down in Rocky Flats

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

No, it ain’t paradise no more


They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

I don’t know what they’re doin’ it for

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

No, it ain’t paradise no more (no more)

Well, you can hand me down my walkin’ cane

There’s a lot of bad winds out of Fort St. Vrain

They’re takin’ the color out of Colorado

No, it ain’t paradise no more