when I was young my time was double
t.v. moms and teenage troubles
everything I watched was black and white
I come home each day from school
and watch old rko cartoons
all those cats and mice in black and white
they'd jump and jive
roll their eyes
sakes alive
I was mesmerized
b**ble bees with famous faces
dine and dance in fancy places
hollywood and vine was quite a sight
start out in a real brown derby
then turn sardi's topsy turvy
all the stars were out in black and white
they'd jump and jive
roll their eyes
sakes alive
I was mesmerized
lombard harlow marx and gable
horses skunks and minks in sable
putting on the ritz in black and white
but the music I remember more
count basie, duke and louis Jordan
made my favorite colors black and white
they'd jump and jive
roll their eyes
sakes alive
I was mesmerized
t.v. moms and teenage troubles
everything I watched was black and white
I come home each day from school
and watch old rko cartoons
all those cats and mice in black and white
they'd jump and jive
roll their eyes
sakes alive
I was mesmerized
b**ble bees with famous faces
dine and dance in fancy places
hollywood and vine was quite a sight
start out in a real brown derby
then turn sardi's topsy turvy
all the stars were out in black and white
they'd jump and jive
roll their eyes
sakes alive
I was mesmerized
lombard harlow marx and gable
horses skunks and minks in sable
putting on the ritz in black and white
but the music I remember more
count basie, duke and louis Jordan
made my favorite colors black and white
they'd jump and jive
roll their eyes
sakes alive
I was mesmerized