Dream In Black And White

[Image: 'Now The Truth Can Be Told' Front Cover]

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Suburban sun
Is slowly dying
Suburban moon
It never lives
The wife just nods when you get home now
You stay together for the kids

Six o'clock
You watch the headlines
By half past ten
Your eyes are glued
You spent the daylight making deadlines
Tonight the TV is making you

You may watch the world in color
In the corner burning bright
You may watch the world in color
But you dream in black and white

The shadows flicker
Across your face now
The image sinks
Inside your brain
With just a few more magic dollars
You could make yourself a name

Sporty cars
Surround your castle
With a roof antenna
Reaching to the sky
A commercial message for the good life
Is just a simulated lie

You may watch the world in color
Your only friend when times are tight
You may watch the world in color
But you dream in black and white

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About The Song

From Now The Truth Can Be Told Liner Notes & Song-By-Song Essays, Now The Truth Can Be Told Insert Booklet, August 23rd, 1994:

Now the truth can be told? Well, not entirely. You see, my original idea was to include anything and everything from the vaults prior to my label debut. A great idea, until I actually had to sit down and listen to the archives. As Sparrow V.P. Peter York will testify, with each new audio trip down memory lane, I broke out in a fresh sweat. No amount of royalty subsidies could possibly make up for the sure-to-follow embarrassment, and Sparrow graciously concurred in allowing me to keep some shred of dignity by re-vaulting all the offending evidence. For the handful of you who own any Nth-generation copies of timeless classics like "The Moo Moo Song," I can assure you that God will extract his revenge.

Ah yes, there was one pre-Clone demo that made the cut, but even it includes some post-mortem tampering. "Dream in Black & White" suffers from some of my recurring maladies: too much alliteration, melodrama, improper use of a glockenspiel, etc. But nothing could excuse the sappiness of the song's third verse.

What third verse, you ask?

Oh, it's there, alright--I just can't guarantee you'll be able to hear it. Sometimes these mastering guys get a little excited when they get to the end of a long boxed set. They've occasionally even been known to fade the last song a little early.