[Verse 1]

My jumper was navy, I thought it was black

Turned a whiter shade of pale

Someone became green with envy

Left the blues behind

'Cause I was colourblind

[Verse 2]

Now I'm sitting in the sun, I'm tryna get sunburned

Everything I thought about peels into insignificance

I'm just tryna get brown 'cause I'm browned off

With this situation

[Bridge]

There was once black-and-white movies

That became Technicolor

There were sepia photographs in my album, in my scrapbook

I look upon with wonder

[Chorus]

Someone became green with envy

I startеd to love out loud, said, "You must be joking"

I left thе blues behind

When I became just colourblind

[Saxophone Solo]

[Bridge]

There was once black-and-white movies, then

Then it became Technicolor

There were sepia photographs in my scrapbook

That I looked upon with wonder

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]

Now I'm sitting in the sun, I'm tryna get sunburnt

Everything I thought peels into insignificance

I'm just tryna get brown, I'm a bit red

But I feel like I'm just browned off

[Verse 4]

My jumper was navy, I thought it was black

When I turned a whiter shade of pale

You saw red when someone was green with envy

And I became colourblind

[Outro]

I thought I left the blues behind

When I became colourblind

Now I, I realise

I was colourblind

Now I realise, I got wise, baby

I must've been colourblind

But now I realise, I got wise

To you, I was colourblind