Black And White Lyrics - Browne Jackson

Long before you ever saw your chances 

You were gonna burn this city down 

Tired of the fashions and the dances 

Tired of the people standing around 

Ticking like a bomb in the night 

And you knew you were right 

Black and white 

Blame it on the time it took to leave here 

Blame it on the ones who slowed you down 

Blame it on the kind of friends you knew here 

Blame it on the sickness going 'round 

Going round and round in the night 

With your heart out of sight 

With your world burning bright 

Like a moth 'round a light 

Black and white 

The pictures of a life in flames 

Black and white 

The picture of a life remains 

And the search you half remember 

Setting out on at the start 

Is burning like an ember in your heart 

Time running out, time running out 

For the fool still asking what his life is about 

Time running out, time running out 

Time running out, time running out 

Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt 

Time running out, time running out 

Tell them that you've gone to find a person 

Someone you lost track of long ago 

Tell them that it's someone you need worse than 

Anybody else you'll ever know 

Ticking like a bomb in the night 

You were strong, you were light 

You were fast, you were bright 

Then you were gone in the light 

Black and white 

The pictures of a life in flames 

Black and white 

The picture of a life remains 

And the high ideals and the promise 

You once dressed the future in 

Are dancing in the embers with the wind 

Time running out, time running out 

For the fool still asking what his life is about 

Time running out, time running out 

Time running out, time running out 

Yeah, beyond a shadow of a doubt 

Time running out, time running out