Sparks - Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls lyrics

Ugly guys with beautiful girls You always know what the story is Beautiful girls with ugly guys What do they take us for anyway? Ugly guys with beautiful girls As they walk down the street arm in arm I see them And once again feel the need to ask myself the question The question that has weighed heavily on me of late How is it possible that a guy and a girl So dissimilar in physical appearance, There being such a disparity in how attractive each is, Be nonetheless in what would appear to be a relationship? It ain't done with smoke and mirrors Ugly guys with beautiful girls How do we explain this, an attraction of opposites? No, that theory has been refuted By many experts in the fields of human psychology A much greater attraction seems to come from one more similar to oneself Personality perhaps? Without intending to sound judgmental That he doesn't look like What was once called "live wire" or "the life of the party" He appears rather expressionless. His movements are stiff and even awkward Perhaps he's a person of some intellect An expert in science The arts, political theory? No, I think not. See how well tailored his clothes are How well cut his hair is It ain't done with smoke and mirrors Ugly guys with beautiful girls I must confess to you, my listeners That I have been a little less than honest In pretending I had no answers to my previous questions You see, I lost someone very dear to me Someone very beautiful to someone much like him Ah, you ask, surely there must have been other areas Where you were deficient and he was not No, I don't believe so My shortcomings were of an economic nature He was rich, I was not You see, I underestimated the appeal to her of things Imported things on wheels Large things with manicured lawns and Olympic swimming pools Things to wear around her neck that would Glisten in the night light Still I am not bitter Rather, I am an observer Who saw first hand how life may not be fair Would things have turned out differently Between me and her Had I moved the corporate ladder quicker Been born of more noble stock Or done better on one of our journeys to Las Vegas? Perhaps. In fact, I am certain of it. Things would have turned out differently Between me and her, I know this now It ain't done with smoke and mirrors Ugly guys with beautiful girls You always know what the story is.