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Beauty Came First

from NIX by Nick Harper

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Hey boy, I'll tell you how it all began
Hey boy, I'll tell you everything that I can
Before I knew you, before I grew you
Before you saw this Earth, beauty came first

Hey boy, I'll tell you how the story goes
Hey boy, I'll tell you everything that I know
Before I knew you, before I grew you
Before I knew to live life more through you
Before the chorus of laughter took us from the verse,
Beauty came first

And there she laid, being everything
There she stays even now, she came first

Hey boy, I'll tell you how it all began
Hey boy, I'll tell you everything that I can
Before I knew you, before I grew you
Before I knew to live life more through you
Before our laughter that took us further,
To the song and festival feast and fervour 
Before our stories, Before our wonders,
Before our glories, Before our blunders
Before our cities, Before the highways
Got so damned busy all day Friday
Before our wars over land and water
Before the reasons we gave for the slaughter
Before the schools were bombed and mortared
Before we tortured our sons and daughters
Before God came down with righteous murder
Before our only home was shown no quarter
Before this endless thirst, beauty came first

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from NIX, released November 26, 2014

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