Janis Ian — Black & White

[Verse 1] We were marching from Montgomery Alabama, '65 Freedom riders, Jim Crow heroes Come to keep the faith alive We were picking Southern cotton Registration for the vote We were one then We were young then When black and white still spoke [Chorus] Now it's all gone to pieces God alone knows why Just a story they call history Written down in black and white [Verse 2] And we set aside our anger And we set asidе our fears And we built a common future On thе bedrock of our tears And we marched for the children And the millions without hope We agreed to believe When black and white still spoke [Chorus] Now it's all gone to pieces God alone knows why Just a story they call history Written down in black and white [Bridge] Nothing's sadder than the man who Thinks he's free when he is chained To the prison of his hatred And a dream gone up in flame [Verse 3] Colored only at the fountains Congregations, soda shops Colored only in the bathrooms And the cemetery lots And if Jesus was a black man Or as white as Sambo's grin Well it's his words that we remember Not the color of his skin [Chorus] But it's all gone to pieces God alone knows why Just a story they call history Written down in black and white [Outro] Written down in black and white Written down in black and white