"Beautiful Thing" adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh Eric Clapton. Lirik lagu ini mengekspresikan penyesalan dan kerinduan akan suatu hubungan yang telah berakhir. Penyanyi mengungkapkan kesedihannya atas hilangnya sebuah "hal indah" yang mereka miliki, menyesali kegagalan komunikasinya dan kurangnya apresiasi dari pasangannya. Meskipun pada bait pertama lagu ini bernada pesimis, chorusnya menyatakan harapan dan keyakinan akan masa depan, menunjukkan tekad untuk memperbaiki keadaan dan menjaga hubungan yang mereka miliki tetap utuh.
Beautiful Thing Lyrics
Eric Clapton
I've told you once, now you should know
The reason that I'm coming down.
There ain't no time to repeat again;
Just need to bring it around.
We had a beautiful thing going,
You couldn't see things my way.
We had a beautiful thing going,
Something just got in our way.
And I told you once that it was rough.
I looked on you as my friend,
Because that did not seem to be good enough,
And now it's time to begin.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
Nothing can stand in our way.
[Repeat Second Chorus]
The reason that I'm coming down.
There ain't no time to repeat again;
Just need to bring it around.
We had a beautiful thing going,
You couldn't see things my way.
We had a beautiful thing going,
Something just got in our way.
And I told you once that it was rough.
I looked on you as my friend,
Because that did not seem to be good enough,
And now it's time to begin.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
I hope that's the way it will stay.
We've got a beautiful thing going,
Nothing can stand in our way.
[Repeat Second Chorus]
