David Bowie Lyrics

Album: Unknown

Black Tie White Noise Lyrics

Getting my facts from a Benetton ad 

 I'm lookin' thru African eyes

 Lit by the glare of an L.A. fire

 I've got a face, not just my race, Bang 

 Bang I've got you babe

 Sun comes up and the man goes down 

 And the woman comes again

 Just an hour or so to be safe from fear

 Then we jump thru hoops, we're

 divisible now, just disappear

 We reach out over race and hold each other's hands

 Then die in the flames singing "we

 shall overcome"

 Whoa! What's going on?

 There'll be some blood no doubt about it 

 But we'll come thru don't doubt it

 I look into your eyes and I know

 you won't kill me

 You won't kill me

 You won't kill me

 But I look into your eyes

 And I wonder sometimes

 

 Oh Lord, just let him see me 

 Lord, Lord just let him hear me

 Let him call me brother

 Let him put his arms around me

 Let him put his hands together.

 

 Reach over race and hold each

 other's hands

 Walk thru the nite thinking we are the world

 Woa! What's going on?

 There'll be some blood no doubt about it 

 But we'll come thru don't doubt it

 I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me

 You won't kill me

 You won't kill me

 But I wonder why

 Yes, and I wonder why sometimes 

 

 They'll show us how to break the rules 

 But never how to make the rules

 Reduce us down to witless punks

 Facist cries both black and 

 white, who's got the blood, 

 who's got the gun.

 

 Putting on the black tie, cranking 

 out the white noise

 (Just a fool!)