Story Behind The Song
This song sprung from a greeting card I designed (later the cover of my CD) with the text "Beauty is simply a matter of your perspective."
Song Description
Three vignettes demonstrating how attitude affects how you see the world. Gratitude, vision, and spirit can help you to choose to see beauty.
| Song Length |
3:46 |
Genre |
Folk - General, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Relaxed, Gracious |
Subject |
Philosophy, Happiness |
| Similar Artists |
Carole King, Jewel |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
CHOOSE BEAUTY
ON A MISTY APRIL DAY A PAINTER WENT OUT TO PLAY
THOUGH RAINDROPS WERE FALLING HER WHIMSY WAS CALLING FOR SUNNY SKIES THAT DAY
ILLUMINATING PLEIN AIRE, A THUNDERBOLT CRASHED THE AFFAIR
SO SHE REFRAMED THE SCENE, PAINTED PASTURES OF GREEN
THANKING GOD IN A WATERCOLOR PRAYER
CHORUS
BEAUTY IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
AESTHETICALLY SPEAKING EVERYTHING IS SUBJECTIVE
IT TAKES A LITTLE GRATITUDE A LITTLE VISION TO BRING IT HOME TO ME
BUT THEN I CHECK MY ATTITUDE AND I CHOOSE BEAUTY
BEYOND AN IVY COVERED GATE WAS A NEGLECTED AND SAD ESTATE
THE COLD WIND WAS BLOWING THROUGH RAFTERS UNKNOWING
OF WHAT WOULD BE THEIR FATE
SAID THE RESIDENT-TO-BE, THE POTENTIAL IS WHAT I SEE
THEN SHE TOOK OUT A LOAN, BOUGHT HER CASTLE OF STONE
NOW SHE RULES THERE IN DUST AND HARMONY
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE
THE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR SITUATION
VISION TO SEE THE INDICATIONS
SPIRIT TO FEEL THE AFFIRMATIONS
BRING ON THE BEAUTY
AFTER MANY PASSING FEARS A WOMAN CONFRONTED HER MIRRORS
HER AGING REFLECTION NEEDED FURTHER INSPECTION
TO SEE BEYOND THE YEARS
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS SHE PEERED, THE FADING ILLUSION REVEALED
IN THE LINES OF HER FACE ARE A SPIRIT AND GRACE
AND NOW THAT'S THE BEAUTY SHE FEELS
REPEAT CHORUS
TAG
AND SINCE IT'S JUST MY POINT OF VIEW I CHOOSE BEAUTY
Jane Godfrey
Copyright 2007