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)

• All Across The Nation
• Basic J
• Blue Eyes
• Breathe in Emotion
• Change Your Mind
• Check It
• Crime of Passion
• Critics
• Do Your Best
• Fadeout 1930
• Found You Now
• I Don't Believe
• I'm on Automatic
• Ice
• Icehouse
• Like a Refugee
• London Times
• Love Like a Ghost
• Love Needs No Disguise
• Mean Street
• Nightlife
• No More Lies
• Oh! Didn't I Say
• Out of Sight
• Radio Heart
• Rip It Up
• Rumour
• Shame
• She Cries
• Some New Game
• Style Kills
• That's Too Bad
• The Machine
• The Monday Troop
• Tread Careful
• Turn Off The World
• We Need It
• We Take Mystery - Early Version
• Welcome to Love
• Whisper of Truth
• White Light/white Heat