i walk the streets at night and stumbled 'cross two friends of mine i see their faces stained by in the coffee grinds black liiiiiifeeee cant i now defy you in this black life black knife stabs me in the back i reaaalizeeee i sense their coming to me everyday most all the time i feel the predator he knows my name by now allright god knows i but from the corner of my eye i dreeam about i want a blueeeee liiiiiiife basking in the light i want a blue skyyyyyyyy oh not a cloud in sight want a bluuee liiiiiiife no need for me to hide from this black liiiiiiiiight do you hear me noooooow (gotta turn around) i still I stand here unemployed and overqualified keeper of the king the strychnine in the troughs tonight black life cant i now defy yooou in this black life black knife stabs me in the back i reaaalizeee i sense their coming to me everyday most all the time i feel the predator he knows my name by now allright god knows i but from the corner of my eye i dreeam about i want a blueeeee lifeeeee basking in the light i want a bluuue skyyyyyyyy oh not a cloud in sight want a bluuee liiiiiiife no need for me to hide from this black liiiiiiiiiiiight do you hear me nooow i want a blueeeee liiiiiiiiiiiife basking in the light i want a blue skyyyyyyyyyyy ooooh not a cloud in sight want a bluuee life from this black liiiiiiiiiiiife do you hear me nooooow i feel a bueeelue lifeeee bluee liiiiife i want a bluuuue lifeee blue life i want a bluuuuue liiiifeee i want a bluuuueeee llliiiiiiiiiiifeeeeeeeee i want a bluuuuuue liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifeee