Only one recording of this song by Gary Numan is known, and no official
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lyrics are available. It seems that Gary has combined elements from two
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different versions of the song - the original Velvet Underground version
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and the David Bowie cover - and then added some of his own, which is why
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I've elected to credit all three musicians.
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Original Velvet Underground Version
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White light, go on messing up my mind
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Don't you know it's gonna make me go blind?
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White heat, it tickles me down to my toes
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Have mercy, white light, have it, goodness knows
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White light, go on messing up my brain
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White light, it's gonna drive me insane
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White heat, it tickles me down to my toes
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White light I said now, goodness knows, do it
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I surely do love to watch that stuff shooting itself in
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Watch that side, watch that side, don't you know, gonna be dead and bright
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Yeah, foxy mama, watch her walking down the street
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Come upside, your head's gonna make a dead end on your street
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White light, move in me and drain my brain
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White heat, it tickles me down to my toes
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White light, I said now, goodness knows
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White light is lighting up my eyes
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Don't you know it fills me up with surprise?
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White heat, tickle me down to my toes
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White light, I tell you now, goodness knows
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Oh, she surely do move, speed
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Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak,
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everybody gonna make it every week
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Sputter mutter, everbody's gonna kill their mother
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Here she comes, here she comes, everybody get it, gonna make me run, do it
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Higher
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David Bowie's Version
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White light - White light gonna drive me out of my brain
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White light - White light gonna make me feel so insane
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White heat - White shapin' them down to my toes
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White light - White light's got it now, goodness knows
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White light - White light gonna drive me out of my mind
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White light - White light's surely gonna make me blind
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White heat - White shaping way down to my toes
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White light - White light could kill me now, goodness knows
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Oh, Oh, White light
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Oh, Oh, White light
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Oh, Oh, White heat
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Oh, Oh, White heat
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VERSE 1
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VERSE 2
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CHORUS (twice)
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White light's a-flashing
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White light
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Still feels right
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What's that sound, what's that sound
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Don't turn on, be dead or alive
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No feeling
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Here she comes
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Oww, yeah
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(Oh, oh, oh, oh) here she comes
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(Oh, oh, oh, oh)
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(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
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White Light/White Heat
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Gary Numan |