He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
City life just leaves me weak
All this madness on the street
Need to get away today
Live my life a different way
Is it only a fantasy
To dream about a perfect me?
[Chorus: x2]
I want to live like beautiful people
Give like beautiful people
With like beautiful people around
Buy the latest magazine
And aspire to the dream
Perfect home and perfect kids
Not a life lived on the skids
Is it only fantasy
Or could it be reality?
[Chorus: x2]
Now I can see myself
Without a care in the world
It's a sun shining
Money spending
Green and healthy new world
Is it only fantasy
Or could it be reality?
[Chorus: x2]
All this madness on the street
Need to get away today
Live my life a different way
Is it only a fantasy
To dream about a perfect me?
[Chorus: x2]
I want to live like beautiful people
Give like beautiful people
With like beautiful people around
Buy the latest magazine
And aspire to the dream
Perfect home and perfect kids
Not a life lived on the skids
Is it only fantasy
Or could it be reality?
[Chorus: x2]
Now I can see myself
Without a care in the world
It's a sun shining
Money spending
Green and healthy new world
Is it only fantasy
Or could it be reality?
[Chorus: x2]
Lyrics submitted by young_jables
Beautiful People Lyrics as written by Neil Tennant Chris Lowe
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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