How Beautiful You Are

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus 1]

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 a mute and utter joy

And filled my heart with shame for us at the way we are

At the way we are

[Verse 3]

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!"

[Chorus 2]

The father's eyes said, "Beautiful, how beautiful you are!"

The boy's eyes said, "How beautiful, she glitters like a star!"

The child's eyes uttered nothing but quiet and utter joy

And stilled my heart with sadness for the way we are

For the way we are

[Outro]

And this is why I hate you, and how I understand

That no one ever knows or loves another

Or loves another