I had a beautiful, beautiful time
The drives and the talks were amazing
The kind of friend I though I'd never find
I had a beautiful, beautiful time

You have a beautiful, beautiful smile
The way it curls and collapses on your lips
And when you touch me I shake like a child
It's late, I'm afraid you might leave

'Cause sometimes it seems like you still don't believe me
There's nothing I can do to concentrate
It's so distracting always thinking of you
So I expose and explain and I meant everything that I said

And it's moments like this that repeat and replay in my head
When I'm laying in bed

It's a beautiful, beautiful time
As you laugh and roll onto your stomach

The carpet embraces your design
My heart pounds as I lay by your side
And I find that I am unable to hide
All these feelings that flow
In this basement and in this dim light
You look so beautiful
I'm unsure and unclear with the words that I say
I'm happy when you are near and I wish that forever could stay
Just like today

You have beautiful, beautiful eyes
So bright and alive and enchanting
I want to be with you all of the time

It's hopeless but I have to try


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Puella Quam Amo Est Pulchra Lyrics as written by Conor Oberst

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  • +1
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    Amazing...absolutely amazing

    theartistsleisureon May 05, 2002   Link
  • +1
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    it's a beautiful, beautiful song.

    ashleesoupon June 27, 2007   Link
  • 0
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    Just read it and the answers there......Simple but it says so much.

    TheCatThatPouncedon April 15, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    one of the most beautiful love songs i have ever heard

    xSadderStarxon April 26, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    what does the title of this song translate to

    rbfboy212on June 21, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    This is such a simple, yet good song. The title is latin and roughly translates "The beautiful girl that i knew"

    negatyveon July 01, 2002   Link
  • 0
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    someone told me the title means "girl who's love is beautiful"... i'm not sure, i took german in highschool

    xSadderStarxon July 10, 2002   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    the title means "the girl whom i love is beautiful". that's translated pretty basically.

    that's what two years of latin in high school gives you. hah.

    XuntilyrheartstopsXon July 21, 2002   Link
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    This song is so beautiful.

    xhopelessxon July 25, 2002   Link
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    It's "The girl whom I love is beautiful." - and that's four years of high school latin backing that up. :)

    goodmorningmisterbenon September 11, 2002   Link

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