Janis Ian — Nina

[Verse 1] Nina, I can see your face Caught up in the song’s embrace Alphabets of lightning falling from your lips Raining on your fingertips [Verse 2] Any kind of fool could see You were always meant to be Miracles in moonlight worshipped from afar Burning like a falling star [Chorus] And how were you to know this world Was so damned hard on beauty? Frightened by your lightning song Nina, can’t you see? You were always beautiful to me [Bridge] Crazy as a loon, in your own cartoon What a world those eyes must see When you hit the mark, you stopped my heart Then you’d turn around and grind it Right into the ground, I’d find it [Verse 3] Cradled in the arms of song Right where miracles belong Melody and madness, sanctity and sadness A heart at war—nothing morе [Chorus] But how were you to know this world Was so damned hard on bеauty? Frightened by your lightning song Nina can’t you see? You were always beautiful to me