Black Beauty - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane

Did you know, the streets are colder now Than they have ever been? Would you let me in? I'm invisible, you walk right on through Like I wasn't there, like you didn't care All we ask is for your eyes to see us, not for our disguise To hear our beckon, hear our cries, why can't you stop to meet our eyes? All we want is a little love, to trickle down from up above We've been waiting for a flood, but all we've got is sweat and blood You can't let me down, the prospect of a saviour has lost its appeal Maybe I can heal They say that hope lives on but I don't really care If I am treated as A quarter of my halves All we ask is for your eyes to see us, not for our disguise To hear our beckon, hear our cries, why can't you stop to meet our eyes All we want is a little love, to trickle down from up above We've been waiting for a flood, but all we've got is sweat and blood I want to soar I want to fly away To freedom in outer space If I were bold, if I were brave I'd take a stand I would accept the reins I would assume the pain I wouldn't need to place the blame So when you're looking down upon Our weary masks that life has drawn Remember how you fill your void Like us, you're trying to find some joy

I paint my nails black I dye my hair a darker shade of brown 'Cause you like your women Spanish, dark, strong and proud I paint the sky black You said if you could have your way You'd make it nighttime all today So it'd suit the mood with your soul Oh, what can I do? Nothing, my sparrow blue Oh, what can I do? Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue Sun and ocean blue Their magnificence, it don't make sense to you Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah I paint the house black My wedding dress black leather too You have no room for light, love is lost on you I keep my lips red To seem like cherries in the spring Darling, you can't let everything seem so dark blue But oh, what can I do To turn you on or get through you? Oh, what can I do? Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue Sun and ocean blue Their magnificence, it don't make sense to you Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, baby Black beauty, baby Oh, what can I do? Life is beautiful, but you don't have a clue Sun and ocean blue Their magnificence, it don't make sense to you Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah Black beauty, ah-ah