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Real Good Looking Boy Lyrics
When I think back to the first time in my childhood, when I saw that face, I thought right then,
that's a real good looking boy.
I saw myself in the mirror, in profile for the first time,
I thought, hey, that's a real good looking boy.
And I felt then that I moved with all those lucky fucks and angles,
high in the theatre in the sky.
So I ran to my mother,
I said hey mom take a look at me.
Have you ever seen a teen fly so high?
That's a real good looking boy.
That's a real good looking boy.
She said son, well you know you're an ugly boy,
You don't really look like him.
In this long line there's been some, real strange genes.
You got 'em all, you got 'em all with some extras thrown in.
That's a real good looking boy.
That's areal good looking boy.
Oh, that's a real good looking boy.
Yeah, that's a real good looking boy.
Wise me say...
Only fools, only fools rush in
But I, I can't help falling in love, in love with you.
Now I'm here with you little darling,
and you say, you're beautiful as you are,
and I've managed somehow to survive.
You arrived in my life like a fragrance,
you helped me find a way to laugh.
Now I know a so-called beauty lies
God gave him a face, and he gave me something above.
God gave me a grace, then he gave me sweet, sweet, sweet love.
You make me feel I'm real good looking boy.
I feel I'm real good looking boy.
Oh, that's a real good looking boy.
That's a real good looking boy.
that's a real good looking boy.
I saw myself in the mirror, in profile for the first time,
I thought, hey, that's a real good looking boy.
high in the theatre in the sky.
I said hey mom take a look at me.
Have you ever seen a teen fly so high?
That's a real good looking boy.
You don't really look like him.
In this long line there's been some, real strange genes.
You got 'em all, you got 'em all with some extras thrown in.
That's areal good looking boy.
Oh, that's a real good looking boy.
Yeah, that's a real good looking boy.
Only fools, only fools rush in
But I, I can't help falling in love, in love with you.
and you say, you're beautiful as you are,
and I've managed somehow to survive.
You arrived in my life like a fragrance,
you helped me find a way to laugh.
Now I know a so-called beauty lies
God gave me a grace, then he gave me sweet, sweet, sweet love.
I feel I'm real good looking boy.
Oh, that's a real good looking boy.
That's a real good looking boy.
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I know it's about Elvis, but I get a sense of it being about Pete and Roger. They went to school together, so i figured it was about how Roger was much better looking than Pete, and how Pete was self conscious about his nose. Haven't seen the video, where can I see it?
it's on youtube
it's on youtube
Pete's words:
"REAL GOOD LOOKING BOY is a song I wrote quite a few years ago about two young men who worry about their looks. One of them, based on me - hopes and believes he might look like his best friend who is a conventionally handsome fellow. (He is disavowed of this notion by his mother). The second, based on Roger - hopes and believes he will one day turn out to be like the young Elvis. (He, more happily, sees part of his dream come true). They both find love in later life."
This song kind of sounds like an inferiority complex to me, and I relate to that lol. I remember when this came out on the Who greatest hits ~2004, I was 13 at the time, and in the shadow of my older brother. I really related to this song as a self conscious squirt attempting to figure himself out in the shadows of a 3 letter varsity honors student smarty pants older brother lol; with an overbearing mother to boot. Kind of like Pete and what I presume to be Roger in the lyrics of this song. Great tune!
This is one of two songs of the Who's first new material in 20 years! Awesome song! Really captures the ways people look at themselves and one's self image, and how the people we make our company with can affect the way we look at ourselves. If you havent had a chance to listen i suggest ypu download a copy asap! you'll enjoy!
just heard this on the radio minutes ago...it was incredible...
I love it. Part of it is about Elvis if you didn't pick up on that. The rest is about love and confidence and self image. The video is fucking fantastic.
Lyric check. The line "Now I know a so-called beauty lies" is actually "Now I know WHERE so-called beauty lies". Makes it a more touching stanza.
when i first heard the song (about 5 minutes ago), i misheard the lyrics, thought the song was completely different, and considered the song really stupidly sappy. but after reading them now, turns out i was completely wrong. went the littlest bit commercial, but i was amazed at how well the music was, after such a long break, and minus entwhislte and moon. roger and pete lost little talent over their break, and pulled it off finely.
Can't wait for the next album...
These guys keep busting out epics.
Can't wait for the next album...
These guys keep busting out epics.