Beautiful Freak
by Eels

Album: Beautiful Freak (1996)
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Songfacts®:

  • This is a song about being in love with a woman who is quite strange and shunned by everyone. She isn't conventionally attractive, and is so depressed she is thinking of killing herself: "Too good for this world but I hope you will stay." >>
    Suggestion credit:
    Paul - Warrington, England
  • With a Wurlitzer piano and a glockenspiel, Sylvie Simmons described this song in her review for Mojo as, "Like a dwarf in a party dress dancing to a music-box."

Comments: 3

  • Elizabeth from West Bridgewater, MaHe wrote this for his girlfriend Susan.
  • Viktoria from Antwerpwich eels song is it where he sings bout pancakes??
  • Steve from Salt Lake City, UtI have never heard of The EELS!

    The name alone wants me to get to know them.

    When I do. I'll give my own review!

    Way to go....Eels !



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