Only one recording of this song by Gary Numan is known, and no officiallyrics are available. It seems that Gary has combined elements from twodifferent versions of the song - the original Velvet Underground versionand the David Bowie cover - and then added some of his own, which is whyI've elected to credit all three musicians.Original Velvet Underground VersionWhite light, go on messing up my mindDon't you know it's gonna make me go blind?White heat, it tickles me down to my toesHave mercy, white light, have it, goodness knowsWhite light, go on messing up my brainWhite light, it's gonna drive me insaneWhite heat, it tickles me down to my toesWhite light I said now, goodness knows, do itI surely do love to watch that stuff shooting itself inWatch that side, watch that side, don't you know, gonna be dead and bright Yeah, foxy mama, watch her walking down the streetCome upside, your head's gonna make a dead end on your streetWhite light, move in me and drain my brainWhite heat, it tickles me down to my toesWhite light, I said now, goodness knowsWhite light is lighting up my eyesDon't you know it fills me up with surprise?White heat, tickle me down to my toesWhite light, I tell you now, goodness knowsOh, she surely do move, speedWatch that speed freak, watch that speed freak,everybody gonna make it every weekSputter mutter, everbody's gonna kill their motherHere she comes, here she comes, everybody get it, gonna make me run, do itHigherDavid Bowie's VersionWhite light - White light gonna drive me out of my brainWhite light - White light gonna make me feel so insaneWhite heat - White shapin' them down to my toesWhite light - White light's got it now, goodness knowsWhite light - White light gonna drive me out of my mindWhite light - White light's surely gonna make me blindWhite heat - White shaping way down to my toesWhite light - White light could kill me now, goodness knowsOh, Oh, White lightOh, Oh, White lightOh, Oh, White heatOh, Oh, White heatVERSE 1VERSE 2CHORUS (twice)White light's a-flashingWhite lightStill feels rightWhat's that sound, what's that soundDon't turn on, be dead or aliveNo feelingHere she comesOww, yeah(Oh, oh, oh, oh) here she comes(Oh, oh, oh, oh)(Ah, ah, ah, ah)
Lyrics by Gary Numan
A Dream About the Dirty-Faced Girl A Moment of Reflection Almost Inhuman Heaven and Hell Memories of Fire My Part In This is Over Nothing Can Stop Us On a Red Lake So Many Bodies The Cave In The Empty House The Killing The Little Fire Engine We Crossed a Bridge Over Death (Interval 1) (Interval 2) (Interval 3) 1999 1999 [Machine and Soul B-Side][*] 7Up Advert A Child With The Ghost A Cry in the Dark A Dream Of Siam A Game Called Echo A Game Called Echo [out-take][*] A Little Lost Soul A Prayer For The Unborn A Prayer For The Unborn (Andy Gray Mix) A Question Of Faith A Question of Faith [Extended][*] A Shadow Falls On Me A Subway Called 'you' A Subway Called "You" A Subway Called \"You\" A Subway Called You Absolution Absolution (Andy Gray Mix) Airlane Airlane [Instrumental] All Across The Nation Alone And Afraid America America (Remix) An Alien Cure Ancients Anthem Anthem [B-Side][*] Anthem [B-Side][*] Are 'friends' Electric? Are 'friends' Electric? Are Friends Electric Are Friends Electric? Are Friends Electric? (Gray Mix) Are Friends Electric? (Live) Are You Real? Asylum Asylum [*][Instrumental] Basic J Basic J. Before You Hate It Berserker Berserker [A-Side] Betrayal Big Alien Big Black Sea Big Noise Transmission Big Noise Transmission (Tim Burgess Remix) Black Heart Bleed Bleed (Sulpher Mix) Blind Blind Faith Blue Eyes Blue Eyes [Live][*] Bombay Bombers Bombers (Live) Bombers [Live] Bombers [Live][*] Boys Like Me Breathe In Emotion Bridge? What Bridge? Bridge? What Bridge? [*] Call Out The Dogs Call Out the Dogs [Extended][*] Call Out the Dogs [Extended][*] Cars Cars (Flood Mix) Cars (Live) Cars (Original Version) Cars [Live[ [Live] Cars [Multimedia Track] Cars [Original Single] Change Your Mind Change Your Mind (Razormaid!) Check It Child with the Ghost Climax Cloud Dancing Cold Cold House Cold Metal Rhythm Cold Warning Complex Confession Conversation Crash Crazier Crazier [Multimedia Track] Creatures Creatures [Live] Crime of Passion Critics Cry Cry baby Cry Baby (Cry) Cry Clock Said Cry the Clock Said Cry, The Clock Said Dance Dark Dark (Andy Gray Mix) Dark [Not from Soundtrack][*] Dark Mountain Dark Mountain [The Skin Game B-Side][*] Dark Rain Dark Sunday Dead Heaven Dead Son Rising Dead Sun Rising Dead Sun Rising (Early Version) Dead Sun Rising (Grayed Out Mix) Dead Sun Rising (Sonoio Remix) Deadliner Desire Devious Devious (Andy Piercy Mix) Devotion Disease Do You Need The Service? Do You Wonderl Do Your Best Do Your Best (Friends) Do Your Best (Friends) (original Version) Do Your Best (Friends) [Original Version] Do Your Best [Original Version] Dominion Day Dominion Day (Sulpher Mix) Don't Be A Dummy Don't Believe Don't Call My Name Don't Be A Dummy Don't Call My Name Down In The Park Down In The Park (Curve Mix) Down In The Park (Live) Down In The Park (Piano Version) Down In The Park (Sulpher Mix) Down in the Park [*] Dream Killer Elm Street Embryo Emotion Empire Empty Bed, Empty Heart Empty Bed, Empty Heart [B Side] Empty Bed, Empty Heart [Berserker B-Side][*] Engineers Engineers [*] Every Day I Die (reworked By Andy Gray) Everyday I Die Everyday I Die (Andy Gray Mix) Everything Comes Down To This Exhibition Exhibition [*] Exile Face To Face Face To Face (Letters) Face to Face (Letters) [*] Faces Faces [#][*] Fadeout 1930 Fadeout 1930 [*] Fairy Tales Fallen Films Fold For The Rest Of My Life For the Rest of My Life (Alec Empire Remix) For The Rest Of My Life (Reprise) For the Rest of My life [Reprise] For the Rest of My Life – Reprise (Is Tropical R... For You Found You Now Frantic Friends From Russia Infected Garden Man Generator Ghost Glitter And Ash Glitter and Ash [*] God Only Knows Halloween Halo Hanoi Hanoi [Emotion B-Side][*] Harmonos Haunted Heart Here Am I Here Am I [My Dying Machine B-Side][*] Here In The Black Hunger I Am Dust I Am Render I Assassin I Can't Breathe I Can't Stop I Can't Breathe I Can't Stop I Die : You Die I Die: You Die I Die: You Die [*] I Don't Believe I Don't Believe I Dream Of Wires I Nearly Married A Human I Nearly Married A Human (2) I Nearly Married a Human [2] I Nearly Married a Human [2] I Nearly Married a Human [instrumental] I Nearly Married A Human 2 I Sing Rain I Sing Rain [*] I Still Remember I Still Remember (7" Version) I Still Remember (7" Version) I Wonder I, Assassin I'm An Agent I'm On Automatic I'm An Agent I'm On Automatic Ice Icehouse Icehouse [*] Icehouse [#] In A Dark Place In A Glass House In A Glasshouse Inferno Innocence Bleeding Interval 1 Interval 2 Interval 3 It Must Have Been Years Jagged Jo The Waiter Joy Circuit Kiss Me And Die Law And Order Lethal Injection Letters (Face To Face) Life Machine Like A Refugee Like A Refugee (I Won't Cry) Like A Refugee (I Won't Cry) (Pandemonium Mix) Listen To My Voice Listen To My Voice (Rico Mix) Listen To The Sirens Little In Vitro Little Invitro London Times Lost Love & Napalm Love & Napalm Love And Napalm Love and Napalm [Extended][*] Love Hurt Bleed Love Is Like Clock Law Love Isolation Love Isolation Love Like A Ghost Love Needs No Disguise Love Needs No Disguise [*] M. E. M.E. M.E. (Gary Numan Mix) M.E. (New Numan Version) Machine & Soul Machine And Soul Machine Heart Machman Magic Magic [B-Side of Absolution] Magician Manic Me Me ! I Disconnect From You (Alan Moulder Version) Me, I Disconnect from You Me, I Disconnect from You [Live] Me! I Disconnect From You Me! I Disconnect From You (Alan Moulder Mix) Me! I Disconnect from You [Live] Me! I Disconnect from You [Live][*] Mean Street Melt Metal Metal Beat Miracles Mission Monday Troop Moral Mother Music For Chameleons My Breathing My Brother's Time My Brother's Time My Car Slides My Car Slides (1) My Car Slides (2) My Centurion My Dying Machine My Dying Machine (A Side) My Dying Machine (William Orbit Mix) My Dying Machine [A-Side] My Dying Machine [Extended][*] My Jesus My Last Day My Love Is A Liquid My Shadow In Vain My World Storm Nameless and Forgotten Navigators Needles New Anger New Life New Thing From London Town New Thing From London Town (12" Version) Night Talk Nightlife No More Lies No More Lies ('89 Mix) No More Lies (Original 12" Mix) Noise : Noise Noise Noise Not The Love We Dream Of Not the Love We Dream Of (Toby Butler The Duke Spi... O.D. Receiver Observer Oceans Oceans [*][Instrumental] Oceans [demo out-take][*][Instrumental] Oceans [instrumental] Oh! Didn't I Say Oh! Didn't I Say On Broadway On Broadway (Live) On Broadway [Live] On Broadway [Live][*] One Perfect Lie Only A Downstat Out Of Sight Outland Petals Photograph Photograph [*] Play Like God Play Like God [B-Side][*] Please Push No More Poetry And Power Poetry and Power [*] Poison Pray Praying To The Aliens Pressure Prophecy Prophesy Pump It Up Pure Pure [Multimedia Track] Radio Heart Random Random [demo out-take][*][Instrumental] Random [instrumental] Red Sky Remember I Was Vapour Remember I Was Vapour (Live) Remind Me To Smile Replicas Respect Resurrection Rhythm of the Evening Rip Rip (Andy Gray Mix) RIP (live 2000-10-20, Brixton Academy) Rip [Multimedia Track] Rip It Up Rumour Rumour [B Side] Sahara Scanner Scar Shame Shame [*] She Cries She's Got Claws She's Got Claws Sister Surprise Slave Sleep By Windows Slowcar To China Some New Game Something's In The House Something's In The House Soul Protection Splinter Steel And You Stories Stormtrooper In Drag Stormtrooper in Drag [*] Strange Charm Style Kills Survival Survival [#][*] Survival [Instrumental] Suspicion Telekon That's Too Bad That's Too Bad The 1930's Rust The 1930's Rust The Aircrash Bureau The Angel Wars The Calling The Crazies The Dark In Me The Disease The Dream Police The Fall The Fall (Officers Remix) The Fear The God Film The Hauntings The Hunter The Iceman Comes The Image Is The Image Is [*] The Joy Circuit The Life Machine The Machine The Machine (original Version) The Machine (Steel And You) The Machman The Monday Troop The Need The Pleasure Skin The Rhythm Of The Evening The Secret The Seed Of A Lie The Skin Game The Sleeproom The Tick Tock Man The Unborn The Visitor This Disease This House Is Cold This Is Emotion This Is Love This Is My House This Is My Life This Is New Love This Prison Moon This Wreckage This Wreckage (Mark Gemini Thwaite Mix) Thoughts No. 2 Thunder Road Tick Tock Man Tidal Wave Time To Die Time to Die [B Side] Torn Torn (Sulpher Mix) Tracks Tread Careful Tread Careful [*] Tread Careful [#] Tribal Tricks Trois Gymnopedies Trois Gymnopedies [*] Turn Off The World U Got The Look Undercover Unknown And Hostile Virus Voices Voix Walking With Shadows War Games War Games [*] War Songs Warriors Warriors (Full Length Version) We Are Glass We Are Glass [*] We Are So Fragile We Are The Lost We Are the Lost (Gazelle Twin Remix) We Fold Space We Have A Technical We Need It We Take Mystery We Take Mystery - Early Version We Take Mystery (To Bed) We Take Mystery (To Bed) - Early Version We Take Mystery (To Bed) [Early Version] We Take Mystery (To Bed) [Live] We Take Mystery to Bed We're the Unforgiven Welcome To Love When Machines Rock When The Machines Rock When The Sky Bleeds, He Will Come When the Sky Bleeds, He Will Come (Tweaker Ray Rem... Where I Can Never Be Whisper Whisper Of Truth White Boys And Heroes White Light/White Heat (David Bowie's Version) White Light/White Heat (Velvet Underground Version... White Light\/White Heat Who Are You Wonder Eye You Are In My Vision You Are You Are You Are, You Are You Walk In My Soul Young Heart Your Facination (extended Version) Your Fascination Zero Bars Zero Bars (Mr. Smith)
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