WHEN I WAS MOST BEAUTIFUL
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- Song Title
- WHEN I WAS MOST BEAUTIFUL
- Writers
- Publisher
- MELODY TRAILS, INC. (BMI)
- % Publisher Controls
- 100%
- Territory Controlled
- WORLD
- Themes/Keywords
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Beautiful, Beauty, Gift, Jazz, Old, Past, Unhappy, War
- Lyrics
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When I was most beautiful,
Cities were falling
And from unexpected places
Blue skies were seen.
When I was most beautiful,
People around me were killed.
And for paint and powder
I lost the chance.
When I was most beautiful
Nobody gave me kind gifts,
Men knew only how to salute
And went away.
When I was most beautiful,
My country lost the war.
I paraded the main street
With my blouse sleeves rolled high!
When I was most beautiful,
Jazz overflowed the radio,
I broke the prohibition against smoking
Sweet music of another land!
When I was most beautiful,
I was most unhappy,
I was quite absurd,
I was quite lonely.
That’s why I decided to live long,
Like Monsieur Rouault
Who was a very old man
When he painted such terribly beautiful pictures.
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