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...