Black and White World Songtext
von Elvis Costello

I was looking at the black and white world
It seemed so exciting
If you′d only put me back to back with that girl
When the night's inviting
With just a little lighting
There′ll never be days like that again
When I was just a boy and men were men
You never go from moment to moment You're the living double of a single fiction
You're very colourful with your compliments
As you feel the finger′s friction
It′s a freeze-frame
Still it's real life
You don′t want to look
Cause you've seen the film and you′ve read the book


I was looking at the black and white world
Trying to name some pin-up
Those days she was just a beautiful girl
Now she's framed and hung up
I thought she was young
Up until I saw her last night in close detail
Though they all fade away when you′re so pale
It's more than just a physical attraction
It starts with a face and ends up a fixation
But you're never gonna feel a fraction
Of the way it used to work on your imagination
When you were looking at the black and white world...