Black And White World lyrics

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`d never go from moment to moment
you`re the living double of a single fiction
you`re the very colour poets compliment
cause you feel the fingers friction
it`s a freeze frame, still it`s real life
you don`t want to look
cause you`ve seen the film and read the book

I was looking at the black and white world
trying to name some pin-up
in those days she was just a beautiful girl
now she`s framed and hung up
I thought she was younger 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
starts with a face and ends up a fixation
but you`re never going to feel a fraction
the way it used to work on your imagination
when you were looking at a black and white world
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