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 a nighttime of today
So it'd suit the mood of 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-ah-ah
Black beauty, ah-ah-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-ah-ah
Black beauty, ah-ah-ah-ah

Black beauty, ah-ah-ah-ah
Black beauty, ah-ah-ah
Black beauty, ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-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-ah-ah
Black beauty, ah-ah-ah-ah
Black beauty, ah-ah-ah-ah
Black beauty, ah-ah-ah-ah