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the fairground 
blind enough
    to see

BLIND ENOUGH TO SEE - Lyrics

 

 

Now Vincent frowns at the mirror

that's been frowning at him,

they cannot see what they want to see.

"How can anyone find love in this?

It's a cruel life when you look like me."

 

A kind heart hidden by what isn't kind to the eye,

let the observer fail to see,

for looking never could detect this worth

though it's more than any form could be.

But if it hides like this, how will she know? He says,

 

"Could you be blind enough to see

all that I am beneath this shell,

and could you grow in love with who I am

in spite of what eyes will tell?

Could you like me better as I age and weather,

will the wrinkles cool your embrace?

Oh, there is so much to find and prize

if we're blind enough to delve it."

 

Those who learn to admire the best in us

are those who are clouded no longer by their vision.

 

Daisy beams at the mirror, could there be any fairer?

but her brow clouds over, she says,

"I feel like a sandwich on display,

I'm so weary of hungry stares.

Loving the way I look is not loving me."

She says,       

 

 

They're singing,       

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