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



I surely do love to watch that stuff shooting itself in

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

Higher





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)