We were born in a garden, scared of the darkness
and we learned how to count on our toes and our fingers
and we learned how to laugh watching one another
and we learned how love by holding each other

It's a sad and beautiful world
It's a miracle we still survive
It's a sweet ride down
and off the edge we're hurled
It's a sad, sad, sad and beautiful world

We were run from the jungle
we got lost in the forest
we were driven from our homes by boxcars and bullets
and we called ourselves princes
swelled up with pride as we
marched to oblivion side by side

It's a sad and beautiful world...

We paid for our fortunes, and prayed to our idols
We were led through the desert by the promise of strangers
and we cheered for the good side
cried for the bad
and we sang to the heavens with the best that we had

It's a sad and beautiful world...

COLIN LINDEN-SOCAN-1995
Colin Linden Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music Canada

Gary Craig: Drums, Tambourine
John Dymond: Bass
Richard Bell: Piano, Organ, Horn Arrangement
Stephen Donald: Trombone
Perry White: Alto & Baritone Saxophones
Jody Golick: Tenor Saxophone
Chris Whiteley: Trumpet
Rick Danko: Harmony Vocal
CL: Guitar, Vocal

Artist's Note

In the movie, Down By Law, Roberto Benigni says to Tom Waits, "It is a sad and beautiful world." Truer words have rarely been spoken. "Sad & Beautiful World" was another first take. Richard Bell, as always, gets the last word.