Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords
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 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...
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Credits
- Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar
- Steve Nieve - keyboards
- Bruce Thomas - bass
- Pete Thomas - drums
Discography
Albums:
Singles:
Collections:
Soundtracks:
Various Artists collections:
Alternate Versions:
- Black And White World (Demo)
- Taking Liberties, 1980
- Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers, 1980
- Get Happy!! (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1994
- Get Happy!! (Deluxe Edition), Rhino/Edsel, 2003
- Produced by: Elvis Costello
- Musicians:
- Elvis Costello - vocals, all instruments
Covers
Recorded by:
Performed by:
- none
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Bootlegs
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Chords
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