ADRIAN BELEW - FUTUREVISION lyrics

Color futurevision

red...for the angry young skinhead

with a gun stuck down his pants

and his hands wrapped around a gasoline can

blue...for the cruel nude tattoo

with a dagger slashing a heart in two

and the words "I'm cool, so screw you", yeah

I hope we can see there's more than one side

I know there's no such thing as race, just a human race

I hope we can see the world is not black and white

Color futurevision

green...for the hatred of the mean people

and the victims they mistreat who could just as easily

be you or me

violet...for the violence of a riot

and the gunfire police siren

cars burning and people dying

I hope we can see there's more than one side

I know there's no such thing as race, just a human race

I hope we can see the world is not black and white

Color futurevision

black...for a black man on a black rock

on a black night when America forgot

to say "It's alright to be who you are"

white...for the white robe of Jesus Christ

whose message was each one of us

is equal in the eyes of God

Color futurevision