(A cappella arrangement for 5 voices)
[BASS]
Mm... mm...
Cold rain on the old stone road...
Mm... mm...
[BARITONE]
Footsteps slow in the amber glow...
[ALTO]
Tea steam rising... window light...
[SOPRANO]
Silver moon on a winter night...
VERSE I
[TENOR | LEAD]
You bloomed where the grey skies lingered,
Soft as smoke above the sea...
[ALTO + BARITONE]
Above the sea... above the sea...
[TENOR]
Every word fell slow like river water,
Running quiet back through me...
[BASS]
Through me... through me...
PRE-CHORUS
[SOPRANO]
Beautiful man
Lighting up the world
[ALTO]
Beautiful man
[BARITONE]
Never asking sunlight back...
[BASS]
Mm...
CHORUS
[ALL VOICES]
Ohhh...
You were warmth in weathered rooms...
Gold beneath December gloom...
[TENOR LEAD]
And every tired street would sing your name...
[SOPRANO]
Your naaame...
[BASS + BARITONE]
Hold... hold... hold...
[ALL]
Beautiful Man
Beautiful man
VERSE II
[BARITONE SOLO]
Postcards sleeping in coat pockets...
[ALTO]
Rainwater dancing on the rail...
[TENOR]
You carried spring inside your laughter,
Even when the daylight failed...
[BASS]
Failed... failed...
BRIDGE
[SOPRANO]
Stay... stay awhile...
[ALTO]
The night feels less alone...
[TENOR]
Stay...
[BARITONE]
Like ivy round the oldest stone...
[BASS]
Stone... stone...
FINAL CHORUS
[ALL]
Ohhh...
Beautiful man
Through the fog and through the cold...
[TENOR]
You turned the silence into songs...
[SOPRANO]
Songs...
[ALL SOFT]
Beautiful man
Beautiful man
OUTRO
[BASS]
Mm...
[BARITONE]
Old stone road...
[ALTO]
Window light...
[SOPRANO]
Winter night...
[TENOR]
Summer storm..
[ALL VOICES]
Beautiful man
Lighting up my world
My world
Beautiful man
Your my world