Lyrics to
Beautiful Music

This version of Beautiful Music was released by Barry Manilow in 1975.

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Before I knew that I was blessed
When I was just like the rest of the people
Who never let dreams in their minds
Music would play and say
Maybe you’re wastin’ your time

Before I knew what good could be
When I couldn’t see the need or the reason
For trusting in me or my star
Music would play and say
Hey, what a dummy you are!

And when I heard all the words about passion
Singin’ to me about love of a fashion
That I never heard anywhere else
That’s when I said,
“Gotta get some of that for myself”
And when I heard about hurtin’ and healin’
Beautiful words about beautiful feelings
What lots of believin’ could do
Beautiful music, I knew it just had to be true
You’re beautiful
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music

Before I saw my life in lights
When I couldn’t taste the nights I was missin’
I’d listen alone in my bed
And music would sing to me
Things no one else even said

And when I heard all the words about passion
Singin’ to me about love of a fashion
That I never heard anywhere else
That’s when I said,
“Gotta get some of that for myself”
And when I heard about hurtin’ and healin’
Beautiful words about beautiful feelings
What lots of believin’ could do
Beautiful music, I knew it just had to be true
You’re beautiful
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music
Beautiful Music

Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful Music
Beautiful, Beautiful Music

And now I laugh and now I cry like a baby
Livin’ and lovin’ each day
And just maybe
For all the good things that came true
Beautiful music
The best of my blessings is you
You’re beautiful
Beautiful music

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Barry Manilow has released many songs over the years besides Beautiful Music. Barry Manilow released songs from 1973 to 2008 spanning across albums like Barry Manilow I, Barry Manilow II, Tryin' To Get The Feeling, This One's For You, Even Now, One Voice, Barry, If I Should Love Again, Here Comes The Night, 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe, Manilow, Swing Street, Barry Manilow, Because It's Christmas, Showstoppers, Singing With The Big Bands, Summer Of '78, Manilow Sings Sinatra, Here At The Mayflower, A Christmas Gift Of Love, Scores: Songs From Copacabana And Harmony, The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties, The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties, The Greatest Songs Of The Seventies, In The Swing Of Christmas, and The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Barry Manilow.

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About Lyrics and Beautiful Music by Barry Manilow

The lyrics to Beautiful Music are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Barry Manilow used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Beautiful Music have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Barry Manilow and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Beautiful Music by Barry Manilow. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Beautiful Music" means the words set to the music of Beautiful Music, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barry Manilow. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Beautiful Music and the lyrics to Beautiful Music are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barry Manilow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Beautiful Music, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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