You talk about your woman I wish you could see mine I can tell by the way she walks She's got the power to heal you, never fear! Every time she starts to lovin' She brings eyesight to the blind You know her daddy gave her magic Her daddy gave her magic,

Rise up to the shining Live long live now Don't be blind by fools again Fools again There's a man who sees all there is to see What the future holds for all As the days grow dark with the grim and final warning Beware of the ones with invisible friends

We'll be looking for sunlight Or the headlights Till our wide eyes burn blind We'll be lacing the same shoes That we've worn through To the bottom of the line And we know that we're headstrong And our heart's gone And the timing's never right

Sweet child in time you'll see the line The line that's drawn between the good and the bad See the blind man shooting at the world Bullets flying taking toll If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have And you've been hit by flying lead You'd better close

African shadow man (Oh, shadow man) A shadow man Tell me the future if you can, tell it to me There's magic in your hands An African, an African But these days I'm running through the dark Like a blind man, what's happened to me? Oh, touch my life and

If you're leaving close the door I'm not expecting people anymore Hear me grieving, I'm lying on the floor Whether I'm drunk or dead I really ain't too sure I'm a blind man, I'm a blind man and my world is pale When a blind man cries, Lord, you know

Firing at niggas, I'm firing at niggas I'm firing at niggas outside I feel like Malcolm X, I'm peepin' out the blinds Don't care if it's nine hundred niggas outside I'm coming out firing at niggas Firing at niggas I hear sirens, I'm firing I'm firing

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream Make it the cutest that I've ever seen Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over Mister Sandman, I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your magic beam Mister Sandman, bring us a dream Give her

Dirty Diana, no, dirty Diana, no You'll never make me stay so take your weight off of me I know your every move, so won't you please let me be I've been here times before but I was too blind to see That you seduce every man, this time you won't seduce me

I will follow If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away, I will follow I was on the outside when you said You said you needed me I was looking at myself I was blind, I could not see A boy tries hard to be a man His mother takes him by his hand