Ray Stevens / Everything is Beautiful

Ray Stevens (1970년 빌보드 챠트 1위곡)

Ray Stevens 작사 작곡한 곡으로 1970년 여름 2주간 빌보드 챠트 정상을

차지하였으며 그에에 2개 부분에 걸쳐 그래미상을 수상하게 한 곡이다.

도입부분과 중간중간의 어린이 합창은 미국 Tennessee주의 Oak Hill Elementary School

학생들로 이중 Ray Stevens의 딸 두명이 포함되었다.

그간 그가 주로 발표한 코믹 송에 비해 이곡은 철학과 종교적인 곡으로 그의 다른 면을

보여주고 있다.

 

Everything is Beautiful

Jesus loves the little children,
All the children of the world;
Red and yellow, black and white,
They are precious in His sight;
Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Refrain
Everything is beautiful in its' own way,
Like a starry summer night or a snow covered winter's day.
Everybody's beautiful in their own way,
Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find a way.

There is none so blind as he who will not see.
We must not close our minds,
we must let our thoughts be free.
For every hour that passes by,
you know the world gets a little bit older.
It's time to realize that beauty
lies in the eyes of the beholder.

We shouldn't care about the length of his hair
or the color of his skin.
Don't worry about what shows from without 
but the loves that lives within.
We're gonna get it all together
And everything's gonna work out just fine.
Just take a little time to look on the good side 
and straighten it out in your mind. 


 Clay Hart with Sandi & Sally