Official word on this, at least from Dave Dresden, who helped create the best known version of the song, is
"'Beautiful things' is a real-life stoy about one of mavie's friend who got married at a young age to a successful man and they had kids. Mavie interpreted her situation into a song. it's a song about regret. a song about a someone who is not ready to settle down and be a housewife in the suburbs. it originally had very different lyrics and was called 'Annie'
When Mavie and David perform acoustic shows, she sometimes sings the original words as they are even more depressing and paint the picture of her friend's situation even better."
So can we stop with the suicide and drugs stuff now?
Official word on this, at least from Dave Dresden, who helped create the best known version of the song, is
"'Beautiful things' is a real-life stoy about one of mavie's friend who got married at a young age to a successful man and they had kids. Mavie interpreted her situation into a song. it's a song about regret. a song about a someone who is not ready to settle down and be a housewife in the suburbs. it originally had very different lyrics and was called 'Annie'
When Mavie and David perform acoustic shows, she sometimes sings the original words as they are even more depressing and paint the picture of her friend's situation even better."
So can we stop with the suicide and drugs stuff now?
Would anyone happen to know where I could find the original lyrics?
Would anyone happen to know where I could find the original lyrics?