The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too

(aka 'Fulham Connection W11' and
'Man In A Box')

(Joe Strummer / Mick Jones / Paul Simonon / Topper Headon)

Lyrics as transcribed by Robin Sharrock, Inder Sidhu and John Stokes


I see the law caught your hands on the stuff 
And if that wasn't enough... 
Means I totally fell for your bluff 
Oh how you kicked off that stuff 

Oh the beautiful people are ugly too! 
There's gonna be a lot of washin' when the dance is through 

Now you're faced, without pretence 
..It's lit up on the fence 
/or/
Now your face with a pretence
Is lit up on the fence

You, you, you, you! You can buy another singer now you gotta lotta money! 
You, you, you, you! You can buy another singer now you gotta lotta money! 

All those feigning difference 
Whether to be, or become, past tense 

The forgotten part of all the cretins 
/or/
The forgotten part of old acquaintance

Who sniffed [ /or/ stiffed ] out on the Itchykoo park bench

And the beautiful people are ugly too! 
There's gonna be a lot of washin' when the dance is through 

Admit it! 

You thought you were the hero 
Of the Fulham Connection 2 
Yeah the flashing strip 
You flashed your jewels 
But now the credits - it must roll through 

You, you, you, you! You can buy another singer now you gotta lotta money! 
You, you, you, you! You can buy another singer now you gotta lotta money! 

Oh the beautiful people are ugly too! 
There's gonna be a lot of washin' when the dance is through 

And the beautiful people are ugly too! 
There's gonna be a lot of washin' when the dance is through 

A fatal mistake you made - they'll be here in a week 
And ready to be grade if you gotta receipt 

You, you, you, you! You can buy another singer now you gotta lotta money! 
You, you, you, you! You can buy another singer now you gotta lotta money! 

'Cos get another swinger and I'll let her to jail 
The beautiful people are ugly too! 
There's gonna be a lot of washin' when the dance is through 
Now the beautiful people are ugly too!


Notes:

'Itchykoo park bench'
Refers to "Itchycoo Park" by Small Faces.
One of Mick's favourites, note his cover of
their version of "Every Little Bit Hurts".

'Fulham Connection 2':
As a reference to the French Connection 2 film?