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