Beautiful people
Melanie
3:35 1969
Melanie Safka
Affectionately Melanie
"Beautiful People" is een nummer van de Amerikaanse singer-songwriter Melanie. Het nummer verscheen op haar album Affectionately Melanie uit 1969. "Beautiful People" is geschreven door Melanie zelf. In 1967 bracht zij een andere versie van het nummer uit als haar debuutsingle onder de titel "My Beautiful People". Zij haalde de inspiratie voor het nummer uit een stroomstoring in New York tijdens haar jeugd. Tijdens deze stroomstoring deelde zij kaarsen uit aan de bewoners van haar gebouw. Zij vertelde hierover: "Het was donker." Er waren oude mensen in het gebouw. Oké, misschien waren het veertigers, maar destijds leken zij oud. De avond was magisch. Het was allesbehalve koud en gevoelloos, wat de reputatie van New York was. Enkele dagen na de stroomstoring dacht ik, 'beautiful people caring from the heart' [mooie mensen die vanuit het hart voelen]."
You live in the same world as I do
But somehow I never noticed
You before today
I'm ashamed to say
Beautiful people
We share the same back door
And it isn't right
We never met before
But then
We may never meet again
If I weren't afraid you'd laugh at me
I would run and take all your hands
And I'd gather everyone together for a day
And when we gather'd
I'll pass buttons out that say
Beautiful people
Then you'd never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in everything you do. Beautiful people
You ride the same subway
As I do ev'ry morning
That's got to tell you something
We've got so much in common
I go the same direction that you do
So if you take care of me
Maybe I'll take care of you
Beautiful people
You look like friends of mine
And it's about time
That someone said it here and now
I make a vow that some time, somehow
I'll have a meeting
Invite ev'ryone you know
I'll pass out buttons to
The ones who come to show
Beautiful people
Never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in ev'rything you do
He may be sitting right next to you
He may be beautiful people too
And if you take care of him
Maybe I'll take care of you
And if you take care of him
Maybe I'll take care of you...
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