I USED TO BE COLOR-BLIND
(Irving Berlin)

Recorded by: Fred Astaire; Mildred Bailey; Tony Bennett; 
Ella Fitzgerald; Benny Goodman; Jack Hylton; 
Ingham-Reitmeier Quartet; Helen Merrill; Ray Noble; 
Anita O'Day; Dave Pell; Oscar Peterson; André Previn; 
Ginger Rogers; Ralph Sharon Trio; Artie Shaw; 
Daryl Sherman; Jack Teagarden; Francis Thorne.


Strange
How a dreary world can suddenly change
To a world as bright as the evening star
Queer
What a difference when your vision is clear
And you see things as they really are

I used to be color-blind
But I met you and now I find
There’s green in the grass
There’s gold in the moon
There’s blue in the skies

That semi-circle that was always hanging about
Is not a storm cloud, it’s a rainbow
And you brought the colors out

Believe me it’s really true
Till I met you I never knew
A setting sun could paint such beautiful skies

I never knew there were such lovely colors
And the big surprise
Is the red in your cheeks
The gold in your hair
The blue in your eyes