Homely Girl

It must have broke your poor little heart

When the boys used to say

You looked better in the dark

Oh, but now they'd give all they learnt in school

To be somewhere in the dark with you

Oh yes, they would

You know the teacher would ask the questions

And you would always raise your hand

Oh, but somehow you never got your turn

And my eyes would fill with water, inside I'd burn

Oh yes, I did

Homely girl - she was so lonely

You're a beautiful woman, oh yes, lonely girl

Homely girl - you used to be lonely

You're a beautiful woman, oh yeah

There was a boy who used to sit beside you

Who'd like to hold that place his whole life through

Oh, you were beautiful to me

You had a heart no one could ever see

Oh yes, you did

I was the only one who offered

To carry your books

Took all the stares and laughter

With the dirty looks

But I saw then what they see now

"They all wanna ask you for a date"

They don't know how

They don't know how

Homely girl - she was so lonely

You're a beautiful woman, oh yes, lonely girl

Homely girl - you used to be lonely

You're a beautiful woman, oh yeah, lonely girl

(Homely girl - she was so lonely)

Oh, first they want a chance to hold you

Then they want a chance to try to control you

(You're a beautiful woman, lonely girl)

Oh no, don't you know I got to say it

• Artist:The Chi-Lites
• Album:Single (1974)