Black is the color of my loves true love's heart
I didn't make it that way
Black is the color of my true love's heart
And they tell me it's the price you pay
To be shot down, to be shot down
To be shot down
On the blue side of town
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Everybody come here looking for a victim
Ain't no victim in here
Gave his passion to a whore
He died from ear to ear
Being shot down, oh, he's being shot down
Yeah, he's being shot down, oh-oh
On the blue side of town
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Black is color of my true love's heart
It won't ever change, no
Black is the color, black is the color
Black is the color when you're being shot down
Yeah, you're being shot down, oh, being shot down
Being shot down
On the blue side of town, yeah