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BEAUTY IS SURVIVING IN THIS WORLD
THAT WAS A KILLER HIT, RIGHT ON THE CHIN
BUT IT’S GONNA TAKE A BUNCH TO DO YA IN
SO RAISE UP A FLAG, AND WATCH AS IT UNFURLS
BEAUTY IS SURVIVING IN THIS WORLD
THERE’S BOUND TO BE SOME STUMBLE ‘N ALONG THE WAY
THESE LEGS WANNA KEEP ON WALKING EVERY DAY
LIKE A GRAIN A SAND TURNS INTO A PEARL
BEAUTY IS SURVIVING IN THIS WORLD
GONNA BE SOME LAUGHING, CRYING OUT SOME TEARS
WHEN A LIFE KEEPS ROLLING THROUGH THE YEARS
BAD STUFF ALWAYS FALLS AWAY, WHAT IS LEFT IS GOOD
IT’S BEAUTIFUL, IT’S UNDERSTOOD
WILL YA HELP ME FIND THE PLEASURE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THIS PAIN
CUZ NOTHING EVER GROWS WITHOUT SOME RAIN
BAD STUFF GONNA FALL AWAY, AND ALL THAT’S LEFT IS GOOD
THE BEAUTIFUL IS UNDERSTOOD
SOMETIMES DISASTER COMES A KNOCKIN, IF IT DOES
GONNA PICK UP ALL THE PIECES FROM WHAT WAS
WE WILL BUILD A BRAND NEW ONE, MIGHT BE A PEARL
BEAUTY IS SURVIVING IN THIS WORLD
I really like the song, but did you have to use the rhyme “pearl” twice? You coulda used, I don’t know, maybe squirrel, girl, earl (as in Duke, Duke, Duke of…..). Just sayin’
Dear Robert,
Sure wish you were sitting with me as the words come. But I guess it’s kinda dark and quiet where you are.
Tom
How did you know that? I can’t see a thing. And I keep bouncing off the rubber walls.
Hey Bobbo,
Your stream of unconciousness overflows.
Tom
I actually kind of liked the reference to the pearl again at the end. The idea that you may stumble, there may be a disaster, but in the end, like that grain of sand, that “accident” as it were, ultimately ends up being a pearl– a good thing in your life, bringing closer to the song. I like it. Makes me want to do a sexy bolero.
Hey Mary Ann,
I like your analysis; I think it reflects the spirit intended. Glad you like it.
Now, onto that bolero. Video production starts next week. We need to pick out the best costume.
Thanks,
Tom
Hi Tom, I’m enjoying your very user friendly website, Its good to see that you have kept writing all these years. I guess that’s what you do. As always, great vocals and an intelligent pop sensibility. Good luck with spreading the word. Regards from the Fraternity of Humble Sidemen,
Joel Meginsky
Hey Joel Sideman,
Great to hear from you. Thanks kindly for the kind words.
We should get together. Or check my gig dates above; Side Street is pretty cool.
Tom
Hi Tom, Are you still working in that scary looking building at the X?
Joel
Hey Joel,
It’s a work of art…hardly scary.
And yes.
Tom
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