Beautiful and Natural - Hawksley Workman

did the owners take you from the fair

when they saw it in your eyes

there was something in your movement

back in those days

when all the men wore hats

all the scandals made headlines after that

you passed quietly in the pasture

you were beautiful and natural

and that’s all i ever had to know

as the dumb actors read their lines

they knew you’d be happier on a farm

you were real and the western town was not

you kicked him off the first time you heard the gun sounds

i heard they chased the lemmings off the ledge

saw that film not long after you were dead

the night the writers joined the union

i bet you never really understood

i tell you now, be glad you never would

the whole thing makes me sick for the future

may the glory of your picture always be

the only thing i ever see

the only pool i ever swim in