Whiplash (1989) [Reel to Real: The Archive]

They're so clean, picture them a perfect couple

Don't smoke, or shoot the slang with four letter words

Won't take a drink, because their bodies are a temple

So a seven, just a little whiter than white

Secret smiles pass

As she whispers whiplash

They don't need, so called friends to pack their noses

No dope, but he's a hero, she's heroin

They keep in line, in the white man's crew cut ghetto

Like a movie, both of them just playing the part

When they're alone at last

Safe inside the darkness

Loves to feel the claws of the cat

Stripes his back with whiplash

Well who do they think they're fooling?

It's no one at all

What I'd give for one night to be a fly on the wall

They don't speed, drive inside the safety limit

There's no need, as long as they get from A to B

Won't cross the boss, don't watch the clock

Don't ask for credit, pray to Jesus

I really think they're breaking his heart

When they're alone at last

Safe inside the darkness

Loves to feel the claws of the cat

She stripes his back with whiplash

When they're alone at last

Safe inside the darkness (darkness)

Loves to hear the ropes as they crack

Nine-tail feline whiplash (whiplash)

When they're alone at last

Safe inside the darkness

Loves to feel the claws of the cat

She stripes his back with whiplash