Sonata No. 1 in Black and White

From Sanibel Hollow it seems like the only thing Left in this town are the clouds Cutting through the static The technicolor girls sing whoa-oh-oh The ever-gray skies keep the sunset from our eyes We're lit by the moonlight and the TV's glow I hate the city lights and all the neon rainbows Prefer the silver fog that rolls over All hills like test tubes overflow Give me a white sheet of paper and a black marker I'll draw you vibrant illustrations of the people That I've hurt in this town Sanibel Hollow It's been a long time but I'm coming home again Stop me if you've heard this joke before What's black and white and red and white and red all over Dorothy's dead, swept up in the tornado You'll understand it when you're older You'll understand it when you're older I used to color in the world with nothing but my mind Every color of the rainbow glowing bright In vibrant black and white I saw you on TV, through the snow and noise you shine Baby you look so, baby you look so good in black and white A comet zips right over the playground, we watch the light show-oh We give it a name and we talk of how it came from planet Lanulos I dream of little green men and their red death rays I know they'll land here any second and They'll take me far away from this town Sanibel Hollow It's been a long ten years but I'm coming home again Stop me if you've heard this joke before What's black and white and red and white and red all over Looks like ol' Pete threw Steamboat Willie overboard You'll understand it when you're older You'll understand it when you're older I used to color in the world with nothing but my mind Every color of the rainbow glowing bright In vibrant black and white I saw you on TV, through the snow and noise you shine Baby you look so, baby you look so good in black and white From Sanibel Hollow it seems like the only thing Left in this town are the clouds All alone in Kodachrome All alone in Kodachrome All alone In Kodachrome Sitting pretty as a painting Oh, for an eternity of waiting All alone In Kodachrome Sitting pretty in the window Oh, homecoming king of limbo All alone In Kodachrome Sitting pretty in my coffin You know I don't dress up too often Heaven is blue skies The devil's crimson eyes Ask anyone who's died They'd kill for black and white From Sanibel Hollow it seems like the only thing Left in this town are the stars The stars The stars The stars Forgotten tomorrow, the ruins of Sanibel Hollow Stop me if you've got some place to go What's black and white and red and white and red all over Our monochrome past, killed by a technicolor rainbow You'll understand it when you're older You'll understand it when you're older I used to color in the world with nothing but my mind Every color of the rainbow glowing bright In vibrant black and white I saw you on TV, through the snow and noise you shine Baby you look so, baby you look so good in black and white Heaven's clear blue skies The devil's crimson eyes Ask anyone who's died They'd kill to get back to black and white I saw you Catherine Through the snow and noise you shine Baby you look so good in black and white