Lyrics Black Tie White Noise - David Bowie

Black Tie White Noise

Getting my facts from a Benneton ad\nI’m lookin' thru African eyes\nLit by the glare of an L.A. fire\nBlack tie white noise\nI’ve got a face, not just my race, Bang Bang I’ve got you babe\nPutting on the black tie\nCrankin up the white noise\nSun comes up and the man goes down\nAnd the woman comes again\nJust an hour or so to be safe from fear\nBlack tie white noise\nThen we jump thru hoops, we’re divisable now, just disappear\nPutting on the black tie\nCrankin up the white noise\nWe reach out over race and hold each other’s hands\nThen die in the flames singing «we shall overcome»\nWhoa! What’s going on?\nThere’ll be some blood no doubt about it\nBut we’ll come thru don’t doubt it\nI look into your eyes and I know you won’t kill me\nI look into your eyes and I know you won’t kill me\nYou won’t kill me\nYou won’t kill me no\nBut I look into your eyes\nAnd I wonder sometimes\nPutting on the black tie\nCrankin up the white noise\nOh Lord, just let him see me\nLord, Lord just let him hear me\nLet him call me brother\nLet him put his arms around me\nLet him put his hands together.\nReach out over race and hold each other’s hands\nWalk thru the nite thinking we are the world\nWhoa! What’s going on?\nThere will be some blood no doubt about it\nBut we’ll come thru don’t doubt it\nI look into your eyes and I know you won’t kill me\nAnd I turn my back for I know you won’t kill me\nYou won’t kill me\nYou won’t kill me no\nBut I wonder why\nYes, I wonder why sometimes\nPutting on the black tie\nCrankin up the white noise\nThey’ll show us how to break the rules\nBut never how to make the rules\nReduce us down to witless punks\nBlack tie white noise\nFacist cries both black and white, who’s got the blood, who’s got the gun.\nPutting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise\nOh yeah\nCranking out\nCranking out\nCranking out white noise\nBlack tie white noise\ncranking out\ncranking out\nPutting on the black tie\nCranking up the white noise\ncranking out\ncranking out\nCranking out white noise\nBlack tie white noise\ncranking out\ncranking out