Beautiful Girl
Pat.Monahan Lyrics
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With a black coat on
Running from a bad home
With some cat inside
Now where did you find her
Among the neon lights
That haunt the streets outside
Stay with me
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
She wants to go home
From door way to door way
Street corner to corner
With neon ghosts in the city
And she sings
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
She's so scared
So very frightened
Anything could happen
Right here tonight
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
She wants to go home
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
The song “Beautiful Girl” by Pat Monahan is about a lost girl named Nicky who is running away from a bad home and ends up out in the streets. The lyrics illustrate the darkness of the city streets with neon lights and ghosts lurking around. Nicky is scared and frightened because anything can happen in the middle of the night. She is searching for a way to escape and longs for a place she can call home. The singer of the story urges Nicky to stay with him and provides comfort in moments of desperation.
The song expresses the sadness of a young girl who has had to run away from a bad place and is forced to live on the streets, trying to survive amidst the chaos of the night. The singer is offering her security and implies that it is possible for her to find a place she can call home. The song's haunting melody matches the somber lyrics and effectively reveals the emotions in Nicky's heart. The song concludes with the singer continuing to plead for her to stay with him. Overall, the song depicts the plight of the homeless and symbolizes the lost, helpless and forgotten people.
Line by Line Meaning
Nicky's in the corner
A girl named Nicky is sitting alone in a corner
With a black coat on
She is wearing a black coat
Running from a bad home
She is trying to escape from a bad home
With some cat inside
There is some cat with her
Now where did you find her
The singer wonders where someone found Nicky
Among the neon lights
She is sitting among bright neon lights
That haunt the streets outside
The lights give a spooky look to the street outside
Stay with me
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
She wants to go home
The singer asks Nicky to stay with him and calls her a beautiful girl, but she wants to go home
From doorway to doorway
Street corner to corner
With neon ghosts in the city
And she sings
Nicky wanders around between doorways and street corners, and the neon lights make everything look like ghostly apparitions. She sings while she wanders
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
The singer again asks Nicky to stay with him multiple times
She's so scared
So very frightened
Anything could happen
Right here tonight
Nicky is scared and very frightened, anything bad could happen to her tonight
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
She wants to go home
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
Beautiful girl
(stay with me)
The singer repeats his desire for Nicky to stay with him many times, noting that she is beautiful and wants to go home
Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: ANDREW FARRISS
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@TRobinPatterson
Pat Monahan’s voice gives me chills. There’s nothing he touches that he doesn’t make better.
@donnapage3922
Best cover of this song.. thank you Pat Monahan
@pamgowran
Anyone that says that Pat is anything but awesome in this studio version, is OUT OF THEIR MIND! He sounds incredibly awesome! HE is an INCREDIBLE SINGER! Haters are just jealous of his talent!
@2032007eve
I love this version by Pat. His voice is so emotive. Wonderful x
@wickedcrypto6004
A bit of sugar a bit of spice this is what you get when you get Pat just freaking incredible. Thank you for giving Michael Justice.
@hooded.starlight
Excellent cover! Love it! <3
@MrsHopkins73
Been scoring all the albums as part of Bimbo Barbarella's college of knowledge show and Wow, we got an exact score match to the original in my book! ❤❤❤
@splashsaturn
First I love Train, so no knock on any of their songs. But seriously, I just find this to be so much more powerful than anything I've heard from Train. Pat's voice fits this classic INXS song so perfectly. It almost...ALMOST... makes you forget the original. But it does what either a cover, or a newer version of an older song should do. It moves you to go back and rediscover the orginal. A real sense of appreciation for the song writing. Just beautiful... love it. Bravo. wow..
@victormariqueo2381
INCREIBLE CANCION! ME PONE LA PIEL DE GALLINA!
@roberthudson4440
INXS will NEVER die!