[Intro] (spoken, softly) Bupu know pretty man. Not pretty like face. Pretty... other way. [Verse 1] Big folk look at Bupu like Bupu something bad. Laugh when Bupu talk too much. Laugh at clothes Bupu had. Pretty man not laugh at all. Pretty man just see. Him bend down and call Bupu “Little one.” That me. [Chorus] Pretty man, pretty man, him never laugh at me. Pretty man got golden eyes what strange things always see. Pretty man be sick and thin. Bupu know that too. Everybody look at him. Bupu see him true. [Verse 2] Bupu show him secret ways. Bupu bring him rat. Pretty man know magic things. He understand all that. Other folk say rat is dead. Other folk not wise. Pretty man just take Bupu serious in his eyes. [Chorus] Pretty man, pretty man, him never laugh at me. Pretty man got golden eyes what strange things always see. Pretty man be sick and thin. Bupu know that too. Everybody look at him. Bupu see him true. [Spoken Break] Him call Bupu... “little one.” Not creature. Not stupid. Not dirty. Little one. ... Bupu remember. [Verse 3] Bupu want to go with him. Walk wherever he go. Pretty man say, “No, Bupu.” Road be dark, him know. Hand upon Bupu head so soft. Warm go all inside. Pretty man want Bupu safe. Bupu want to cry. [Bridge] (quietly building) Him walk dark road. Bupu stay. Him go far, far away. Bupu got rat. Bupu got home. But pretty man... walk all alone. [Final Chorus] Pretty man, pretty man, him never laugh at me. Pretty man got golden eyes what other folk not see. Pretty man be sick and thin. Bupu know that pain. If him ever come back home... Bupu stay again. Pretty man, pretty man, Bupu not forget. Him call Bupu “little one.” Bupu hear it yet. [Outro] (spoken, almost whispering) Pretty man not bad. Pretty man sad. Different thing. ... Bupu know.
