Released: May 31, 1993
Featuring: Al B. Sure!
Songwriter: David Bowie
Producer: Nile Rodgers David Bowie
[Intro]
(Yo yo yo yo yo)
(Yo yo yo yo yo)
(Yo yo yo yo yo)
[Verse 1]
Getting my facts from a Benetton ad
I'm looking thru African eyes
Lit by the glare of an L.A. fire (Black tie, white noise)
I've got a face, not just my race, bang bang
I've got you babe
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Verse 2]
Sun comes up and the man goes down
And the woman comes again
Just an hour or so to be safe from fear (Black tie, white noise)
Then we jump thru hoops, we're divisible now
Just disappear
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Chorus]
We reach out over race and hold each other's hands
Then die in the flames singing "We Shall Overcome"
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
I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me
You won't kill me
You won't kill me, no
But I look into your eyes and I wonder sometimes
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
Reach over race and hold each other's hands
Walk thru the nite thinking "We Are the World"
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
And I turn my back and I know you won't kill me
You won't kill me
You won't kill me, no
But I wonder why
Yes, I wonder why sometimes
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Bridge]
They'll show us how to break the rules
But never how to make the rules
Reduce us down to witless punks
(Black tie, white noise)
Facist cries both black and white
Who's got the blood, who's got the gun?
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
(Just a fool!)
(Yo yo yo yo yo)
(Yo yo yo yo yo)
(Yo yo yo yo yo)
[Verse 1]
Getting my facts from a Benetton ad
I'm looking thru African eyes
Lit by the glare of an L.A. fire (Black tie, white noise)
I've got a face, not just my race, bang bang
I've got you babe
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Verse 2]
Sun comes up and the man goes down
And the woman comes again
Just an hour or so to be safe from fear (Black tie, white noise)
Then we jump thru hoops, we're divisible now
Just disappear
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Chorus]
We reach out over race and hold each other's hands
Then die in the flames singing "We Shall Overcome"
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
I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me
You won't kill me
You won't kill me, no
But I look into your eyes and I wonder sometimes
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Bridge]
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
[Chorus]
Reach over race and hold each other's hands
Walk thru the nite thinking "We Are the World"
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
And I turn my back and I know you won't kill me
You won't kill me
You won't kill me, no
But I wonder why
Yes, I wonder why sometimes
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
[Bridge]
They'll show us how to break the rules
But never how to make the rules
Reduce us down to witless punks
(Black tie, white noise)
Facist cries both black and white
Who's got the blood, who's got the gun?
[Refrain]
Putting on the black tie
Cranking out the white noise
(Just a fool!)
- Black Tie White Noise (1993)
- Space Oddity
- ★ (Blackstar)
- Heroes
- Life on Mars?
- Lazarus
- Starman
- Changes
- The Man Who Sold the World
- Girl Loves Me
- Ashes to Ashes
- Ziggy Stardust
- Moonage Daydream
- Modern Love
- Five Years
- ’Tis a Pity She Was a Whore
- I Can’t Give Everything Away
- Dollar Days
- Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
- Rebel Rebel
- Young Americans
- Station to Station
- Suffragette City
- Let’s Dance
- Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)