Today's slow drag is with "Black and White World" from "Get Happy!", released in 1980. The songwriting is credited to Elvis Costello. . . . Show Notes: Appreciation written, produced, and narrated by Remedy Robinson, MA/MFA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slow_drag_remedy/ Bluesky Social: https://bsky.app/profile/slowdragwithremedy.com  Email: [email protected]   Transcription: https://slowdragwithremedy.weebly.com/ Podcast music by https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Rate this Podcast: https://ratethispodcast.com/slowdrag References: Elvis Costello Wiki Resource, "Black and White World" https://www.elviscostello.info/wiki/index.php?title=Black_And_White_World "Black and White World" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRDl6YvXhiw "Black and White World" Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMLZi9v-RFM Purchase "The Most Terrible Time in My Life…Ends Thursday" Listen to the audiobook for free at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq7n1pN8D1Y   "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 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 till 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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