Desaturate It

We filmed in color
Oh, what a painter I got to be!
At the last minute
They said it was too violent
To keep the rating we'd have to
Desaturate it
Desaturate it

But blood is red
And cops are blue
The Pimp's dead down on the rainbow door beads
And Bobby's looking right at you
And guns are black
That jacket was green
Little Jodie's kneeling on the floor crying
And I was gonna be Rauchenberg
I was gonna be Pollack
But the MPAA had to save the eyes of the public

Now the original
Is lost in the shelves of Hollywood somewhere
I tried to save it
Maybe for the laser disc
But it was too late
It was desaturated
Desaturated