Beyoncé - Pretty Hurts (Video)

(soft piano chords)

(uplifting string music)

(double stroke of a drum)

(mic feedback)

- [Presenter] Miss 3rd Ward

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine to light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Perfection is a disease of a nation ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine to light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Try to fix something, but you

can't fix what you can't see ♪

♪ It's the soul that needs a surgery ♪

(audience applauds)

(keyboard plays fast repeated chords)

♪ Ah huh huh ♪

♪ Ah huh huh ♪

♪ Mama said ♪

♪ "You're a pretty girl ♪

♪ What's in your head ♪

♪ It doesn't matter ♪

♪ Brush your hair ♪

♪ Fix your teeth ♪

♪ What you wear ♪

♪ Is all matters" ♪

♪ Just another stage ♪

♪ Pageant the pain away ♪

♪ This time I'm gonna take the crown ♪

♪ Without falling down, down, down ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine the light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Perfection is a disease of a nation ♪

♪ Pretty hurts, pretty hurts ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine the light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Try to fix something but you

can't fix what you can't see ♪

♪ It's the soul that needs a surgery ♪

♪ Ah huh huh ♪

♪ Blonder hair, flat chest ♪

♪ TV says bigger is better ♪

♪ South Beach, sugar-free ♪

♪ Vogue says thinner is better ♪

♪ Just another stage ♪

♪ Pageant the pain away ♪

♪ This time I'm gonna take the crown ♪

♪ Without falling down, down, down ♪

- You've done a great job

in the competition so far.

- Thank you.

- As have all our ladies.

Let's give them another hand, shall we?

(audience applauds)

So beautiful, so poised.

Miss 3rd Ward,

your first question.

What is your aspiration in life?

- Oh, my aspiration in life.

Wow, that's, that's a great question.

I wasn't expecting that question,

What is my aspiration in life?

Aspiration in life.

Um

Well,

my aspiration in life

would be

to be happy.

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine the light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Perfection is a disease of a nation ♪

♪ Pretty hurts, pretty hurts ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine the light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Try to fix something but you

can't fix what you can't see ♪

♪ It's the soul that needs the surgery ♪

♪ Ain't got no doctor or pill

that can take the pain away ♪

♪ The pain's inside and nobody

frees you from your body ♪

♪ It's the soul, it's my

soul that needs surgery ♪

♪ It's my soul that needs surgery ♪

♪ Plastic smiles and denial

can only take you so far ♪

♪ Then you break when the fake

facade leaves you in the dark ♪

♪ You're left with shattered mirrors ♪

♪ And the shards of a beautiful past ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine the light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Perfection is a disease of a nation ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ Pretty hurts ♪

♪ We shine the light on whatever's worst ♪

♪ Try to fix something but you

can't fix what you can't see ♪

♪ It's the soul that needs a surgery ♪

♪ When you're alone all by yourself ♪

♪ And you're lying in your bed ♪

♪ Reflection stares right into you ♪

♪ Are you happy with yourself? ♪

♪ You stripped away the masquerade ♪

♪ The illusion has been shed ♪

♪ Are you happy with yourself? ♪

♪ Are you happy with yourself? ♪

♪ Yeah, yes ♪

♪ Ah huh huh ♪

- [TV Presenter] The winner is

Beyonce Knowles Female Pop Vocalist.

- I would like to thank

the judges for picking me,

my parents who I love, I love you Houston.