I wrote this lyric way back in May 2003 as a lament about the unfairness of our sharing of resources,
likening the First World's being under the influence of a good life and the greed it might instill to being blind.
Recently I asked Art Mook to put a music track to it.
All instruments and mixing of them by Art Mook. My voice, voice recording and final master.
I think that over time we'll add harmonies or musical inserts. 


This Beautiful Thing

This beautiful thing is making me sing
It’s making me smile, I feel like a king
It’s making me glad, it’s making me dance
This beautiful thing that fell in my hands

Life isn’t a game, not over that way
If life were a game there no one would play
They’d sit on the sidelines, they’d watch from the stands
If life were a game in Afghanistan

All you need is love, we used to say
And love’s enough in every way
Love’s enough, if you love enough to give it all away 

But this beautiful thing doesn’t want me to know
It poisons my roots, I’m unable to grow
It plays with my vision and leaves me half blind
This beautiful thing has ruined my sight 

The cup is rocked, the dice are tossed and casually land
The fate of almost all of us is held in awkward hands
To those who wield the power, power is all they planned
It’s all that they’ve experienced and all they understand 

But this beautiful thing doesn’t want me to know
It poisons my roots, I’m unable to grow

All you need is love, we used to say
And love’s enough in every way
Love’s enough, if you love enough to give it all away


This Beautiful Thing 4th November 2025

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Latin Simone (¿Qué Pasa Contigo?)

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Ghost Train

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Demon Days

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Bill Murray

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White Flag

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Broken

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To Binge

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