"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
Everything I need
You are so beautiful
To me
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hoped for
Everything I need
You are so beautiful
To me
Lyrics submitted by goodok, edited by IllToast2That, ChikOsMaN
You Are So Beautiful Lyrics as written by Billy Preston Bruce Carleton Fisher
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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So simple yet so strong. I love this song. Ican listen to it a billion times and never get tired.
Love (the emotion) is difficult to explain. Sometimes the more simple the song the more special...
I've heard that this song was composed by Billy Preston and he's singing to God, not to a girl.
The clue are the missing second verse from the lyrics above (that Joe Cocker sang sometimes, see watch?v=WR5_oiayAew in youtube) :
Missing verse:
Such joy and happiness you bring Such joy and happiness you bring Like a dream A guiding light that shines in the night Heavens gift to me You are so beautiful to me
before I knew that, I was singing/dedicating this song to my wife and also to my kids :)
Nothing you typed makes it a song about God. It's a song about love. Night is a metaphor for rough times. And Heaven sends gifts to us in the form of partners. This song is too romantic to be about God, although if you hear God than it's about God....
@webzoneus he\'s singing it to his MOTHER ... according to his quote on Wikipedia
another favorite of mine. it's so beautiful because it's simple.
wow! I took out the 45 (that's the record size) that I have of this song last night to play for my girl, but i didn't realize it was that short! It is good though.
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This is a classic indeed. I remember seeing it in the Little Rascals movie growing up (yes, im young). Alfalfa was singing it to his little lady and soap bubbles kept coming out of his mouth. OT....
this song was recently featured on one of those "i love the..." shows on vh1...(can't remember which year it was), and i found it really funny that the commentators were saying how this is an insulting song. "you are so beautifull.....well, to me at least" LOL, i didn't agree with this interpretation, but i still thought it was really funny.
I actually think the "..to me" part emphasizes that the speaker doesn't care anything about what other people would think, not necessarily meaning that they'd think she is ugly, but regardless of what other people may or may not think, he doesn't care: she's beautiful to him!
So simple, yet SO beautiful! This song reminds me of my girlfriend. I sang this to her on our first date. I love her!
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sorry i meant to comment..and good luck;).