I said-a beau-tiful people

They've got a Robert Palmer t'shirt in their travel bag

Beau-tiful people

They've got a price upon their hea-ea-ead

I said-a beau-tiful people

Have got some friends who just flew in from LA-yay

Beau-tiful people

They haven't really much to say



I said - people, they just want to take you

People, they just want to make you

People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own

They just want to take you down



I said-a beau-tiful people

They ride two hundred dollar pushbikes in the park

Beau-tiful people

They won't admit it but they make love in the dark

Beau-tiful people

Snap frozen potted palms in the corner of the sitting room

Beau-tiful people

The art-decor sonic boom



I said - people, they just want to take you

People, they just want to make you

People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own

Want to take you down, yes they know-ow how

They're gonna get you



I said-a beau-tiful people

You know they're going out tonight to get their Bombay rocks off

Beau-tiful people

They've got a Kerouac conditon, got a cocaine cough

Beau-tiful people

Studio fifty-four is the only place to dance

Beau-tiful people

You know the garden's full of furniture, the house is full of plants



People, they just want to take you

People, they just want to make you

People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own

Want to take you -

People, they just want to make you

People, they just want to take you

People, they just want to break you dow-ow-own

They just want to take you down