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Paul's got a brand new haircut

must have been the girl's first date

baby blue front quarterpanel

on his old dark green Chevrolet

Probably never make the pages

of People Magazine,

but you ought to see those sick kids' faces

when he shows up on Christmas Eve

Dressed like old St. Nick

that missing tooth don't matter a bit

there's a lot like him around

in every town

CHORUS:

They're just family friends and neighbors

doin what they've always done

loving fathers, loving daughters,

loving mothers, loving sons

they gather 'round old glory

'round the tables and the steeples

the beautiful people

the beautiful people

Debbie Jo down at the diner

sunny side up, burn the toast

raisin' up 2 kids solo

can't afford not fitness coach

She was goin' to california

the year her momma got sick

so she hung around to do what she could

had the first one and that was it

Then her mom passed on

but she still goes by the old folks' home

just to to sit a while

and bring a smile

REPEAT CHORUS

A wrinkled old man wearing medals

that he earned on Omaha Beach

sayin' goodbye to a grandson

who was killed outside Tikrit

They gather 'round old glory

out behind the steeple

the beautiful people

the beautiful people

the beautiful people

man, they're beautiful people