The Rufus Wainwright Archive






 Beauty

Beauty, you make me sad
Oh, you beautiful "baby's been had"
Who'll be able to love you for what you, what you really are

Beauty, what is your face?
What has it given the human race?
All that it has given me is a longing for
People and things I could never afford

Ah, beauty, now that the walls of Troy are tumbling down
And poor Oscar Wilde's verdict is out
And the Hope Diamond's up for auction
And what about Michael Jackson?
And I'm smokin' again in the morning, looking at beauty

Look at me, you who did align the apple once offered Eve
I fear you'll line the world we see
Filled with goodness, only hidden by beauty

You make me sad
You make me sad
You make me sad

 NOTES & QUOTES

  • Rufus wrote "Beauty" for Linda Thompson's album, Versatile Heart (2007)


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Versatile Heart