I wanted to write you a beautiful, beautiful song I wanted to write you a beautiful, beautiful song A beautiful song The kind that makes your memory go sailing through the window Like in a movie And fly away, a million miles into space And look down And look down on the lights of the world Like people were as nice as the sight of it all Just you I wanted to sing you a beautiful, beautiful song I wanted to sing you a beautiful, beautiful song But you know what a cynic I am And my voice isn't that good anyway So all I can do is rave on