"Colourblind" lyrics - VAN MORRISON

My jumper was navy, I thought it was black
Turned a whiter shade of pale

[Chorus:]
Someone became green with envy
Left the blues behind
'Cause I was colourblind

Now I'm sitting in the sun, I'm tryna get sunburnt
Everything I thought about peels into insignificance
I'm just tryna get brown 'cause I'm browned off
With this situation

[Refrain:]
There was once black-and-white movies
That became technicolour
There were sepia photographs in my album, in my scrapbook
I look upon with wonder

[Chorus:]
Someone became green with envy
I started to love out loud
Said, "You must be joking"
I left the blues behind
When I became just colourblind

[Instrumental break]

[Refrain:]
There was once black-and-white movies, then
Then it became technicolour
There were sepia photographs in my scrapbook
That I looked upon with wonder
Yeah, yeah

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

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

[Chorus:]
I thought I left the blues behind
When I became colourblind

[Outro:]
Now I, I realise I was colourblind
Now I realised, I got wise, baby
I must've been colourblind
But I realise, I got wise
To you, I was colourblind