World of Grey - Oscar Brown Jr.

«When I was a lad simple notions I had

There was wrong, there was right

It was plain as black and white

Ah, but now I’m grown, in a world on my own

The scenes I survey show nothing but grey

I looked around for the bright spots

The lights that would lead me ahead

I must not have looked in the right spots

Nothing bright, nothing gay,

Just a muddy old world of grey

Ah — but now I’m a man

And at crossroads I stand

Confronted with doubt

and all turned about.

At night in my sleep, I hear voices.

I’m never quite certain what’s said.

They offer me too many choices:

There’s no black.

There’s no white.

Where is wrong?

Where is Right?

I’m confused and unable to say;

How does a man find his way

In a world full of grey?"