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Top Songs By Belle and Sebastian
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Christopher Thomas Geddes
Keyboards
Richard William Colburn
Percussion
Robert Michael Kildea
Electric Guitar
Sarah Ann Martin
Vocals
Stephen Thomas Jackson
Acoustic Guitar
Stuart Murdoch
Vocals
DAVID McGOWAN
Bass Guitar
Robert Henderson
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Thomas Jackson
Songwriter
Stuart Murdoch
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Belle and Sebastian
Producer
Brian McNeill
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
I was black as I could be
Hearing voices telling me
"Walk away from everything"
Oh I wasn't meant to go
Far away from those I know
To some desolate below
We were in the urban scene
With a grind of coffee bean
And the women are oblique
And the boys are paper thin
Ragged beards upon their chin
We were on the outside looking in
Rise above the present day
Rise above the popular melee
I see you the way you are
I see you the scar
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful the years came and turned it upside down
We were beautiful before we got wise
We were beautiful with sky and blanket laying low
I am hanging on the line
I'm on duty all the time
I'm your Samaritan on call
I could try my best to heal
All the emptiness you feel
In the giving I will be a light
We were wrapped around our roots
Nothing on except our boots
We were intimate around the waist
We were settling our scores
We were healing over sores
We were living out the pleasure that we lost
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came and turned it upside down
We were beautiful for all time and space
I will tell it to the Sun and I will tell it to
If you listen to the night
We can hear the madmen fight
Hear the foxes making out
But the people all immune
Sleeping silent in their rooms
Growing bodies with their sleep
Making plans inside their heads
Making love to shadow friends
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came and turned it upside down
We were beautiful before we got wise
We were beautiful with sky and blanket, feel me now
We were beautiful before this went down
We were beautiful before the years came and turned it upside down
We were beautiful for all time and space
I will tell it to the Sun and I will tell it to your face
Writer(s): Richard Colburn, Robert Kildea, Stuart Murdoch, Christopher Geddes, Stephen Jackson, Sarah Martin
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