I Used To Be Color Blind

Ella Fitzgerald · Sings Irving Berlin [1957]

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

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



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



I used to be color blind