[Verse 1]   
           
I paint my nai

ls black,
          
I dye my hair 

a darker shade

 
    
of brown
              
'Cause you lik

        
e your women S

panish,      
         
dark, strong a

nd proud      

       
             
I paint the sk

y black
             
You said if yo


u could have y

our way
              
You'd make a n

 
ight time of t

oday
              
So it'd suit t

             
he mood of you

   
r soul
             
Oh, what can I

 
 do?
             
Nothing, my sp

       
arrow blue

[Chorus]
            
Oh, what can I

  
 do?
            
Life is beauti

ful but you do

n't 
      
Have a clue
            
Sun and ocean 

 
blue
           
Their magnific

ence, it don't

 make 
          
Sense to you

[Post-Chorus]
            
Black beauty, 

      
oh oh oh
            
Black beauty, 

      
oh oh oh

[Verse 2]
              
I paint the ho


use black
             
My wedding dre


ss black leath

er too
     
You have no ro

om for light
             
Love is lost o

   
n you
           
I keep my lips

 red
              
The same like 

   
cherries in th

e spring
              
Darling, you c


an't let every

thing
             
Seem so dark b


lue

[Chorus]
            
Oh, what can I

  
 do?
            
Life is beauti

ful but you do

n't 
      
Have a clue
            
Sun and ocean 

 
blue
           
Their magnific

ence, it don't

 make 
          
Sense to you

[Post-Chorus]
            
Black beauty, 

      
oh oh oh
            
Black beauty, 

      
oh oh oh

[Bridge]
             
Black beauty, 

  
ah ah
             
Black beauty, 

  
ah ah
             
Black beauty, 

      
ah ah ah ah
             
Black beauty, 

 
baby
        
Black beauty, 

baby

[Chorus]
            
Oh, what can I

 
 do?
            
Life is beauti

ful but you do

n't 
      
Have a clue
            
Sun and ocean 

 
blue
           
Their magnific

ence, it don't

 make 
          
Sense to you

[Outro]
            
Black beauty, 

      
oh oh oh
            
Black beauty, 

      
oh oh oh