Homely Girl

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"Homely Girl"
Homely Girl cover
Single by Scott & Rivers
Album スコット と リバース (Scott & Rivers)
Released January 16, 2013 (iTunes)
February 20, 2013 (CD single)
Format digital, CD
Length 3:28
Label Universal Music Japan
Writer(s) Rivers Cuomo, Shusui
Producer(s) Shawn Everett
Status officially released
Stream Spotify
Scott & Rivers singles chronology
- "Homely Girl"
(2013)
"California"
(2014)
スコット と リバース (Scott & Rivers) track listing
"Break Free"
(1)
"Homely Girl"
(2)
"Freakin' Love My Life"
(3)
Alternate Cover
Tower Records limited CD single
Tower Records limited CD single

"Homely Girl" is the second track and lead single from the eponymous debut album by Scott & Rivers.

Appearances

Overview

"Homely Girl" was co-written by Rivers Cuomo and Japanese songwriter Shusui in November 2009. Cuomo released the original, mostly lyricsless demo on the music collaboration website Indaba Music, offering $208 to the person who would produce a better demo (as Cuomo himself had recently suffered cracked ribs and internal bleeding following a bus accident).[1][2] The winner was American musician Barak Shpiez (under the moniker "Beware Fashionable Women"). On December 23, 2009 Cuomo posted "We've decided to roll with the version by "Beware Fashionable Women". Next I'll write the lyrics and we'll record the song for real. Look for the finished product on my debut Japanese language solo album next year."[citation needed] The planned solo album, which would have been titled The Kumamoto Kid, never materialized, instead morphing into the Scott & Rivers project after teaming up with musician Scott Murphy.

Track listings

iTunes single

  1. "Homely Girl" (3:28)

Limited CD single (Tower Records exclusive)

  1. "Homely Girl" (3:31)
  2. "Homely Girl" -スコット風味- (3:35)
  3. "君と二人で" (3:56)

Video/Audio

Personnel

Lyrics

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神様からもらった この身体と心は
皆それぞれ違う 彼女も君も違う

鼻が高い低いとか 目が一重二重
可愛い可愛くない でも僕は君が好き

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
君の笑顔は 太陽のようで

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
パーフェクト10じゃなくても 君らしくいてほしい

憧れていたロックスター 彼は全て手に入る
ゴージャスな家も車も 綺麗な彼女さえも

でもいつか気づくはず そう
一番大切な 平凡でも幸せな日々 かみしめるように

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
僕の心に 響くメロディ

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
パーフェクト10の君など 欲しくないから

鏡を見て 誰だって 完璧じゃない だから一緒に

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
君の笑顔は 太陽のようで

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
パーフェクト10じゃなくても 君らしくいてほしい

Kami sama kara moratta
Kono karada to kokora ha
Minna sorezore chigau
Kanojo mo kimi mo chigau

Hana go takai hikui to
Kame ga hitoe futae
Kawaii kawaikunai demo
Boku ha kimi ga suki
Wow, oh

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
Kimi no egao ha, Taiyou no you de
I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
Perfect 10 jya nakute mo, Kimi rashiku ite hoshii

Akogarete ita Rock Star
Kare ha subete te ni hairu
Gorgeous na ie mo kuruma mo
Kirei na kanojo sae mo

Demo itsuka kiduku hazu sou
Ichiban taisetsu na, hey
Heibon demo shiawase na hibi
Kami shimeru you ni
Wow, oh

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
Boku no kokoro ni, Hibiku melody
I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
Perfect 10 no kimi nado, Hoshikunai kara

Kagami o mite
Dare datte
Kanpeki jya nai
Dakara isshoni

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
Kimi no egao ha, Taiyou no you de
I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
Perfect 10 jya nakute mo, Kimi rashiku ite hoshii

I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
Perfect 10 jya nakute mo, Kimi rashiku ite hoshii

Our bodies & minds, God gave us
Are all different, She and you are different too
Good looking nose, Funny looking nose
Double eyelid, Single eyelid
Pretty unpretty... But I love YOU!

Oh, I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
Your smile is like the sun
I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
Even if you're not a Perfect 10, I want you to be just the way you are

The rock star you longed for, He can get everything
A gorgeous car, Even a beautiful lady
But someday he must realize
That's right, the most important thing
May be ordinary but happy days

Oh, I love, love, love my homely girl
She just knocks me to the ground
You are like a melody sounding in my heart
I love, love, love my homely girl
She just turns me inside out
I don't even want you to be a Perfect 10

Look into the mirror
Nobody is perfect
So, let's be together

See also

References

  1. "Rivers Cuomo's Session #1" Indaba Music. Archived by Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20091223071411/https://www.indabamusic.com/sessions/riverscuomo/342194
  2. "Weezer’s Cuomo Calls On Fans to Help With New Song “Shusui”" Rolling Stone. 21 December 2009. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/weezers-cuomo-calls-on-fans-to-help-with-new-song-shusui-186429/