pretty words

[verse] fascinating is language the way it evolves moves and revolves with its times seeking writers of old for their poetry it smells of lace and corsets and manners no longer known to you and me [verse] fascinating when you become to others history quaint and a mystery and you haven't even lived a full century old love letters read like poetry compared to the correspondence you see and manners no longer known to you and me [chorus] who was this boy grandma? who wrote so eloquently? we don't write like that anymore today actually, he was no one no one I care about today pretty words don't mean anything when pretty people are not here to stay [verse] fascinating when you remember poems you'd memorize and poems you would write full of hyperboles and lies those letters read like poetry unlike today you see pomp and pretense no longer known to you and me [chorus] who was this boy grandma? who wrote so eloquently? we don't write like that anymore today actually, he was no one no one I care about today pretty words don't mean anything when pretty people are not here to stay [bridge} pretty words are easy to arrange pretty words can make you change your mind pretty words can erase being unkind with the flick of a pen my heart jumps again pretty words the downfall of too many women and men pretty words don't mean anything when pretty people are not here to stay so speak to me plain but always remain by my side to the end (so, speak to me plain but always remain by my side to the end ) something pretty words could never do something pretty words could never do Words and Music by Maryam El Sherif 2026 Flying Eggs Music