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All This Useless Beauty Lyrics by June Tabor

Angel Tiger

1992

[Verse 1]
It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit
If she wasn't so ladylike
She imagines how she might have lived back when
Legends & history collide
But she looks to her prince, finding since
He's so charmingly slumped at her side
Those days are recalled on the gallery wall
And she's waiting for passion or humor to strike
[Chorus]
What shall we do, what shall we do
With all this useless beauty, all this useless beauty
[Verse 2]
Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time
Till he almost began to negotiate
And she held his head like a baby and said
"It's okay if you cry"
Now he wants her to dress, as if you couldn't guess
He desires to impress his associates
But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased
So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny
[Chorus]
What shall we do, what shall we do
With all this useless beauty
All this useless beauty
[Bridge]
She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books
That were later defaced disgraced celluloid
They no longer make sense, but you can bet
If she isn't a sweetheart, a plaything or pet
The film turns her into an unveiled threat
[Verse 3]
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails
Grace and virtue turn into stupidity
While the calendar fades almost all barricades
To a pale compromise
While our rulers have feasts on the backsides of beasts
They still think they're the gods of antiquity
If something you missed didn't even exist
It was just an ideal, is that such a surprise?
[Chorus]
What shall we do, what shall we do
With all this useless beauty
All this useless beauty?
What shall we do, what shall we do
With all this useless beauty
All this useless beauty?
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June Tabor

June Tabor

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"All This Useless Beauty" is credited to June Tabor. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"All This Useless Beauty" appears on "Angel Tiger" in 1992.

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