Color Blind [Ronnie Montrose, featuring Ricky Phillips and Todd Sucherman]

Color Blind
Written by Ronnie Montrose, Sammy Hagar
Lead Vocals by Sammy Hagar

Hey hey, yeah

I got loose from the ball and chain
Out from under the whipping cane

Only got myself to blame, mmm

Walk away if it's not your thing

This pertains to the civil rights

But I must admit, it's a shame

Now I have arrived

I've opened up my eyes

Like a baby child, I'm alive

You see black, I see white

Everything's going to be all right

I see red, you see green

Ain't no never mind about the in between

When you're color blind (color blind)

Sometimes the sun shines so bright

You wear shades to block out the light

You sit and wonder, can we be saved?

Well

I only know what I have learned

What I've learned to experience

What I figured out for myself

Now what makes you cry?
What makes you high?
What do you feel when you're alone?

Cause you see red, I see blue

Is that the difference 'tween me and you?

I see white, you see red

Got the full spectrum running through my head

Because baby (color blind)

We're color blind

Color blind

Hey hey hey, yeah

Whoo!

Well, I'm stuck here in a gambling town

A blind man's just looking around

I finally see the neon lights

They're turning up the kilowattage

White out any quiet thoughts

'Til there ain't no color left in sight

Makes you realize

Just how hypnotized

All of us really are

Yeah

Well, I see the world in black and white

Turn the darkness into sunlight

You see red, I see blue

Yeah, it's a little difference between me and you

You see silver, I see gold

Live forever and never get old

All at once true love I find

We're color blind (color blind)

Color blind, yeah

Interpretation

When you're racist, it's like being a prisoner being tortured, and you can only blame yourself. You can see so much more clearly when the color doesn't matter, and you can truly be free to love.