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He was such a pretty baby\r
\nAt ten years old a cute young thing\r
\nNow he's eighteen, slim and gorgeous\r
\nWaits to see what life will bring\r
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He knows how to take a compliment\r
\nBlushing as their hearts race faster\r
\nHe hasn't got that much to say\r
\nBut he's learned that doesn't matter\r
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Needs no personality\r
\nAll he has to do is smile\r
\nHe's asked by using soft brown eyes\r
\nEver since he was a child\r
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Gets a lot of vacant stares\r
\nNo one ever listens to him\r
\nStand there blinded by his beauty\r
\nHe's never had a conversation\r
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If he wants to bed a girl\r
\nHe just has to stand like this\r
\nNo thought for the aftermath\r
\nAnd no one to share secrets with\r
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Wasn't born with any talents\r
\nNever needed any skills\r
\nWows them at the interviews\r
\nHe knows he's got looks that kill\r
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Men and women kneel before him\r
\nAs he climbs the money charts\r
\nWorking for his next promotion\r
\nStepping over broken hearts\r
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Gives his castaways to friends\r
\nThey mix respect with jealousy\r
\nThey can't beat him so they join him\r
\nHoping they reflect his glory\r
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Now he's thirty-five and fading\r
\nStill gorgeous, but much lower down\r
\nA new adonis is now rising\r
\nA child has come to claim the crown\r
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But he still can't talk to people\r
\nStill no personality\r
\nThe power of his smile is gone\r
\nAnd pretty boy gets no pity.\r
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When he was a baby everyone thought he was gorgeous\r
\nWhen he was ten everyone said he was cute\r
\nNow he's nineteen and they all say he's pretty\r
\nHe knows how to take a compliment\r
\nHe blushes, making hearts race faster\r
\nHe hasn't got that much to say\r
\nBut he's learned that doesn't matter\r
\nHe never developed a personality\r
\nAll he needs to do is smile\r
\nHe doesn't know how to talk to people\r
\nBecause no one's ever listened to him\r
\nHe gets lots of vacant stares from people blinded by his face\r
\nHe can bed a girl if he stands like this\r
\nBut he doesn't have anyone to share secrets with\r
\nHe doesn't have any talents, and he's never developed any skills\r
\nBut he'll get the job anyway, he's perfected looks that kill\r
\nFrom guys he gets grudging respect, mixed with lots of jealousy\r
\nHe gives his castaways to friends\r
\nA career path that is meteoric, he does well with the management\r
\nAll the girls and lots of guys respond\r
\nIf he flashes that smile and wiggles that ass\r
\nNow's he's 35 and fading\r
\nStill gorgeous, but he's heard lower down\r
\nThey've found a new boy, he's so pretty\r
\nA child who came and stole his crown\r
\nBut he still can't talk to people\r
\nStill has no personality\r
\nStuck in a doldrums, no hope of escape\r
\nThe pretty boy gets no pity\r
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