Story Behind The Song

I had been treated for breast cancer, and had recovered but was very depressed because I'd lost all my hair. I was angry at myself for being so shallow, but found that many women feel that way. I thought about how much importance we place on our physica

Song Description

Folky, moody song in 3/4 time about self-image, comparing oneself to society's image of what constitutes beauty, with that ideal presented as if it was another person

Lyrics

1. Beauty and I live on two different planets
We orbit the sun side by side.
We talk to each other by radio broadcast,
And somehow we never collide.
She says it?s a drag being everyone?s dream
And I try to pretend that I know what she means...

And that?s the way it has to be for Beauty and Me

2. Beauty and I sometimes wave to each other
while working outside in the yard.
I?m sweating and dirty, she?s fresh as a flower,
she tells me her life is so hard.
She says it?s a job meeting everyone?s needs,
A pain and a bother - I say, ?My heart bleeds.?

And that?s the way it has to be for Beauty and Me

BRIDGE
And I live in a silent vacancy,
and take what I?m given gracefully.

3. Beauty and I sometimes pass in the darkness
at night when I?m on my way home.
I?m tempted to stop her, say ?let?s talk it over,?
It?s just that she?s never alone.
She?s too complicated, not much of a friend,
It?s taking its toll and I want it to end.

But that?s the way it has to be for Beauty and Me
For Beauty and Me.