Anderson Ian Black Andamp; White Television Lyrics

Black Andamp; White Television Lyrics

I looked in the mirror then
saw my face in a dream.
With eyes sharp as
diamonds
Blessed with clear vision
Things were not as they seemed
Black and White Television
stared back from the wall.
Is that my
life?
Am I here at all?
Down in the High Road, see
motor
cavalcades glide
past shopwindow dressers
desperately covering
all the parts they can hide.
Black and White Television
stares at
me again.
Is that their lives?
Even dummies pretend.
The truth
is so hard to deny.
The answer is here
The screen never lies.
Black and White Television.
It's the right television.
Show me it's
all a dream tonight.
The boys on the corner sulk
in their Suzuki
haze.
In primary colours
(each year more startling)
but they
still fade to grey
on Black and White Television.
It's sweeping the
land.
Is that your life?
Do you understand?
Black and White
Television
Back the right television
Black and White Television
Hard to fight television
Show me it's all a dream
tonight.