UB40 - Homely Girl

It must have broke your poor little heart When the boys used to say, you look better   in the dark. But now they'd give all they learned in school To be somewhere in the dark with you   Oh, yes, they would The teacher would ask the questions And you, would always raise your   hand But somehow you never got your turn My eyes were filled with water, inside I burned   Oh, yes, I did   Homely girl, you used to be so lonely   You're a beautiful woman, oh, homely girl   Homely girl, you used to be so lonely   You're a beautiful woman, oh, homely girl There was a boy who used to sit beside you Who'd like to hold that place his whole life   through Oooh, you were beautiful to me You had a heart no one could ever see,   Oh, yes, you did   Homely girl, you used to be so lonely   You're a beautiful woman, oh, homely girl I was the only one who offered     to carry your books Took all the stares and laughter     and the dirty looks Cause I saw then     what they see now They all want to ask you for a date,     they don't know how.     They don't know how!!!   Homely girl, you used to be so lonely   You're a beautiful woman, oh, homely girl   Homely girl, you used to be so lonely   You're a beautiful woman, oh, homely girl   Ah-haow, you used to be so lonely   You're a beautiful woman, oh, homely girl   ...