One Thing of Beauty
Gimme just one thing of beauty To last me for all of my years Gimme just one thing of beauty And wash away all of my tears I won't need to get no religion When I throw all my burdens away So gimme just one thing of beauty And I'll stand at this altar and pray Gimme one thing of beauty I need one thing of beauty Maybe one thing of beauty It's hard times down on the corner Yeah, there's loneliness out on the street I mean, everywhere you go there's someone you know Who suffered some kind of defeat But there's dreams being dreamed down in the doorway Of all these places nobody goes Yeah the ones that just so many praising They're the ones now that nobody knows You can keep every diamond and ruby You can forget all those pharaohs and kings Gimme just one thing of beauty Take away all these material things Gimme one thing of beauty Since it all turns to ashes and dust Gimme one thing of beauty Yeah, the rest of you can do what you must One thing There's har...