where are you going, black-eyed girl? can you explain this tangled world? i thought that freedom was a key but here you know nothing's free at night i dream of being young why didn't childhood keep me long why am i fighting for my voice when i could sing when i want where are you going, black-eyed girl? where are you going, black-eyed girl? where are you going, black-eyed girl? is hatred winning? she thinks i'm f**ed up coz i think i can do good things and still see the vicious cycle dissolving me and hatred continuing well you can't keep a good woman down
la-da-di-da-di-da-de-do we gotta know who's keeping us down before we can rise, we can rise where are you going, black-eyed girl? where are you going, black-eyed girl? where are you going, black-eyed girl? is hatred winning? the way i see the enemy is not my s**uality stop pointing your fat finger at me coz i will not be shut up, no i will not be shut up no i will not be shut up where are you going, black-eyed girl? where are you going, black-eyed girl? where are you going, black-eyed girl? is hatred winning?