White Light/white Heat Lyrics - Gary Numan

Only one recording of this song by Gary Numan is known, and no official 

lyrics are available. It seems that Gary has combined elements from two 

different versions of the song - the original Velvet Underground version 

and the David Bowie cover - and then added some of his own, which is why 

I've elected to credit all three musicians. 

Original Velvet Underground Version 

White light, go on messing up my mind 

Don't you know it's gonna make me go blind? 

White heat, it tickles me down to my toes 

Have mercy, white light, have it, goodness knows 

White light, go on messing up my brain 

White light, it's gonna drive me insane 

White heat, it tickles me down to my toes 

White light I said now, goodness knows, do it 

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Watch that side, watch that side, don't you know, gonna be dead and bright 

Yeah, foxy mama, watch her walking down the street 

Come upside, your head's gonna make a dead end on your street 

White light, move in me and drain my brain 

White heat, it tickles me down to my toes 

White light, I said now, goodness knows 

White light is lighting up my eyes 

Don't you know it fills me up with surprise? 

White heat, tickle me down to my toes 

White light, I tell you now, goodness knows 

Oh, she surely do move, speed 

Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak, 

everybody gonna make it every week 

Sputter mutter, everbody's gonna kill their mother 

Here she comes, here she comes, everybody get it, gonna make me run, do it 

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David Bowie's Version 

White light - White light gonna drive me out of my brain 

White light - White light gonna make me feel so insane 

White heat - White shapin' them down to my toes 

White light - White light's got it now, goodness knows 

White light - White light gonna drive me out of my mind 

White light - White light's surely gonna make me blind 

White heat - White shaping way down to my toes 

White light - White light could kill me now, goodness knows 

Oh, Oh, White light 

Oh, Oh, White light 

Oh, Oh, White heat 

Oh, Oh, White heat 

VERSE 1 

VERSE 2 

CHORUS (twice) 

White light's a-flashing 

White light 

Still feels right 

What's that sound, what's that sound 

Don't turn on, be dead or alive 

No feeling 

Here she comes 

Oww, yeah 

(Oh, oh, oh, oh) here she comes 

(Oh, oh, oh, oh) 

(Ah, ah, ah, ah)