I saw a picture of you today
Taken years before I found you
Your face was like a cloudless sky
Sparks of angels played around you
And your hair tumbled long like waves
While crossing on your brow
You were beautiful then
But you're way more
beautiful now
Your eyes were like a hot fire
Your lips were soft and wet
An early morning breeze
was blowing
Through this desert when we met
Now I'm not feeling faint or asleep
I'm just recalling how
You were beautiful then,
but you're way more beautiful now
You were beautiful then,
but you're way more beautiful now
As I look down the carousel of years
Maybe there you are,
a dancer crying salty tears
Like a bond and a star,
the swayer of mediocrity
Of every sacred vow
You were beautiful then,
but you're way more beautiful now
You were beautiful then,
but you're way more
beautiful now
Highwaters, they're just spirit flashes
Just beyond my reach
From beach to promen
ade and back
From promenade to beach
The ghost of golden hair
An d the ghost of silver jeans
The slender fleeting phantom
of youth
That's seventeen
From sleep I fall to waking,
as I awake I find
A distant wave still breaking,
on the west coast of my mind
Time casts its great il lusions
Such glimpses were allowed
You were beautiful then
But you're way more beautiful now
You were beautiful then
But you're way more beautiful now
You were beautiful then
But you're way more beau
tiful now