How Beautiful You Are

(words & music by Robert Smith, Laurence Tolhurst, Boris Williams,

Porl Thompson, and Simon Gallup)

The intro bass riff is:

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The chords are:

 

You want to know why I hate you?

Well I~ll try and explain...

You remember that day in Paris

When we wandered through the rain

And promised to each other

That we~d always think the same

And dreamed that dream to be two souls as one

And stopped just as the sun set

And waited for the night

Outside a glittering building

Of glittering glass and burning light...

And in the road before us stood a weary greyish man

Who held a child upon his back

A small boy by the hand

The three of them were dressed in rags and thinner than air

And all six eyes stared fixedly on you

The father~s eyes said beautiful

How beautiful you are

The boy~s eyes said how beautiful

She shimmers like a star

The child~s eyes uttered nothing

But mute and utter joy

And filled my heart with shame for us

For the way we are

(The way we are)

 

I turned to look at you

To read my thoughts upon your face

And gazed so deep into your eyes

So beautiful and strange

Until you spoke and showed me understanding is a dream

-I hate these people staring

Make them go away from me-

The father~s eyes said beautiful

How beautiful you are

The boy~s eyes said how beautiful

She shimmers like a star

The child~s eyes uttered nothing

But pride and utter joy

And stilled my heart with sadness

For the way we are

And this is why I hate you

And how I understand

That no-one ever knows or loves another

Or loves another