Black and White World Lyrics

Lyric discussion by moik 

Cover art for Black and White World lyrics by Elvis Costello

This song is about the disparity between the idealized version of sex the narrator imagined while he was a boy masturbating compared to his disappointment with the real thing. As is usual in an Elvis song there are numerous clever puns and double-meanings. I am not certain but I think he actually meets and sleeps with the pin-up girl he was fixated upon as a boy - and he finds that the real thing is not nearly as nice as it works in his imagination. Or maybe he doesn't meet the pin-up girl - just a real woman instead of an imaginary woman.Another Elvis hymm of sexual angst.

@moik Good comment. "Black and White World" refers to the black and white photography used in the cheaper porno mags of the 60's and 70's.