I never wear white
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White is for virgins
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Children in summer
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Brides in the park
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My color is black, black, black
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Black is for secrets
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Outlaws and dancers
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For the poet of the dark
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Black is the truth
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Of my situation
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And for those of my station
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In life, all other colors lie
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I never wear white
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White is too blinding
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Always reminding
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Of the innocent who fall
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My color is black, black, black
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For the crone and the bastard
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The schoolgirl in uniform
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The servant in the hall
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Black is the truth
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Of my situation
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And for those of my station
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In life, all other colors lie
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My color is black, black, black
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Like the gangster and widow
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It's the shade and the shadow
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It's the depth into your eye
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My color is black, black, black, black, black
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I Never Wear White
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Suzanne Vega |