The sky had a heartache The truth couldn't wait to slip out And miss little-black-checkered-pants Was clutching a new Coach bag Then Beauty left the room Beauty left the room And the smell of America took its place When beauty left the room I wanna go home Back to the house by the river Live in the time-honored way Owing no debt but love When beauty leaves the room When beauty leaves the room And the smell of America takes its place Oh when, Beauty leaves the room You'll know it when you see it When you smell it, when you feel it, smells like Burnt toast and repetition, Ah the repetition All alone with a mission We've got so good at saving face The sky had a heartache The truth couldn't wait to slip out And miss little-black-checkered-pants Was clutching a new Coach bag Then Beauty left the room Beauty left the room And the smell of America took its place When beauty left the room Beauty left the room You can rise before the morning sun End the day and not be done That's the way it is in the work of finding courage You gotta ask yourself Hey what's the rush, what's the hurry? Here I am again, with my pencil and my paper Listening, for a sign, for a word from my Maker The sky had a heartache The truth couldn't wait to slip out And miss little-black-checkered-pants Was clutching a new Coach bag