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Artist: Elvis Costello
Canonical path: /elvis-costello/beautiful
Related lyric paths: 6
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Beautiful
Read Beautiful lyrics by Elvis Costello on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Beautiful
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Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the pain, I'm so ashamed
I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today
To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone
Is that the way it is?
'Cause you are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
'Cause you are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down
So don't you bring me down today...
No matter what we do
No matter what we say
We're the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes
And everywhere we go
The sun will always shine
But tomorrow we might awake
On the other side
On the other side
We are beautiful in every single way
Words won't bring us down
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down
So, don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today...
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