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Beautiful Lyrics by Ben Rector

The Walking in Between

2013

[Verse 1]
There are days when I wake up
That I don't know what I'm doing here
I barely recognize the pair of eyes staring back at me in the mirror

[Pre-Chorus]
There was a day when I was free
Not a care that I could see
So good I barely could believe that it was happening
Oh take me back again

[Chorus]
When I was sixteen with an open heart
Windows down in a beat up car
When I was dumb and the world was young and she was beautiful
She was beautiful
She was beautiful

[Verse 2]
How do we end up like this?
Living lives that we don't care about?
Too busy fixing things on computer screens
While the grass grows green
Me, I'm screaming out

[Pre-Chorus]
There was a day when I was free
Not a care that I could see
So good I barely could believe that it was happening
Oh take me back again

[Chorus]
Oh I was sixteen with an open heart
Windows down in a beat up car
When I was dumb and the world was young and she was beautiful
She was beautiful
She was beautiful
She was beautiful
She was beautiful
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Pre-Chorus]
There was a day when I was free
Not a care that I could see
So good I barely could believe that it was happening
Oh take me back again

[Chorus]
When I was sixteen with an open heart
Windows down in a beat up car
When I was dumb and the world was young
The world was young
(She was beautiful)
(She was beautiful)
It was you, it was you, and you are beautiful, yeah
Ooh (I was 16 with an open heart)
Ooh (Windows down in a beat up car)
When I was dumb and the world was young and she was beautiful
Ohhh
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About “Beautiful” by Ben Rector

Read the complete lyrics to "Beautiful" by Ben Rector from the album "The Walking in Between" in 2013. On Lyrks you can follow along with the full text, explore the artist's discography, and discover related songs. The track is often categorized under Pop.

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"Beautiful" is credited to Ben Rector. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Beautiful" appears on "The Walking in Between" in 2013.

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