Elvis Costello - Black & 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 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 at When you were looking at the black and white world