Beautiful Lyrics - Singles - Nanci Griffith

Heres a photograph of you in Woody Hermanns band 

It was 1952, you were such a handsome man 

One of you at a memorial with all of Hoagys clan 

And then you and my mother, walking hand in hand 

And she was beautiful and you played the piano 

You were beautiful upon the keys 

The world was beautiful when the two of you were dancing 

Beautiful to me 

You took a photograph of us, your ladies liberty 

My hair was in the breeze then I played Carnegie 

Grandmother read the sonnet of Emma Lazarus 

Shes only halfway in this picture, you took of all of us 

And she was beautiful and you played the piano 

You were beautiful upon the keys 

The world was beautiful when the two of you were dancing 

Beautiful to me 

You were a father to this lonely child though we are not related 

You taught me how to write these notes upon a page 

You were a soldier for your country in two of our wars 

You played piano all your life and you are beautiful 

And she was beautiful and you played the piano 

You were beautiful upon the keys 

The world was beautiful when the two of you were dancing 

Beautiful to me 

And you are beautiful to me 

Beautiful 

Beautiful 

Beautiful 

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