Bringing Back Black And White

Was life better in black and white

behind the scenes on our tv

Romantic men in sweaters

smoking Marlboros and drinking beam

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Singing in base or tenor

dancing and tapping toes

Smoking a pipe at dinner

dressed up in their leisure clothes

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Cary Grant, Bob Hope and blue eyes

Bing Crosby singing, count on me

Christmas held a fond surprise

even if it was just a dream

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Those faded kodachomic colors

memories before the colors ran

Before the whole world was discovered

the days of Buicks and sedans

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Back when the world seemed smaller

and music set the tone

When families got together

before life was overthrown

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With the fast paced, made to order

worlds of knowledge at your command

What I'd give for a transporter

to bring that slow pace back again