Black And White World - Elvis Costello, The Attractions

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 colorful 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

When you were looking at the black and white world

When you were looking at the…

When you were looking at the black and white world

When you were looking at the black and white world

When you were looking at the black and white world

When you were looking at the black and white world

When you were looking, when you were looking

When you were looking at the black and white world…