Black Cars

("Live in L.A." version) music by

Gino Vannelli
lyrics by
q = 120 Gino Vannelli and Roy Freeland

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VERSE 1
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Un -der the co-ver of night she crawls in-to sight.

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Her skin is cold chi-na white. She's a dark an - gel wear-ing

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dark glass - es. Dark sha-dows un - der long false lash - es.

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The light ex-pos-es the cracks. She wears her make-up like wax

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to hide ev - 'ry scratch. She's a dark an - gel ri - ding

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dark hor - ses. Sit - ting pre - tty in her dim lit cor - ners.
CHORUS 1
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I say Black Cars, they look be-tter in the

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BRIDGE
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She smears her lip - stick on right be-fore she sleeps,
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for all those phan-tom lo - vers in her dreams.

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VERSE 3
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She smokes them French cig - a - rettes.

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In cocktail gloves and a strap - less dress.

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She cuts a per - fect sil-hou- ette. But she's a dark an - gel wear-ing

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dark glass - es. A fad - ing beau - ty as the night - time pass - es.

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