This Perfect World

About This Perfect World

This Perfect World is a song by singer-songwriter Freedy Johnston from his 1994 album of the same name. It concerns a man who has evidently done something horrible confronting a person from his past. The music adds emotional sophistication to the lyrics by shifting between dark, gloomy verses in C-Sharp Minor and a bright, soothing chorus in E Major. The chorus adds an ironic quality to the song by singing about "this perfect world" between each depressing verse. The song has been well received by critics, who laud it as one of Johnston's best. "Best of all [the songs on the album] is the mournful, eerie title track, which describes the possibly mortal sins of one man's past and the hopelessness of his future with the economy and punch of a good short story. The song was also featured in the 1996 movie, Kingpin, in the somber scene where character Roy Munson, played by Woody Harrelson, returns to his childhood home after 17 years, only to see that, like his own life, his hometown has become older and dilapidated.[1] more »

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1994

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You ought to see your face
You ought to hear your voice
Last time I was here 
I wouldn't turn around
You ought to lock that door
Somebody might get in
Didn't I teach you like that?

This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
I know I never should have gone away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done

I see her in your face
I hear her in your voice
Last time I was here 
They'd found her in the lake
Think I'm made of stone
Didn't you tell me that

This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
They say that soon I will be going away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done

This perfect world

Now I've come around it's far too late
And these pills won't even let me cry
No one knows you even when you're gone
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done
No matter what I've done

You ought to see your face
You ought to hear your voice
Lock this after me

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Freedy Johnston

Freedy Johnston (born Fred Fatzer in 1961) is a New York City-based singer-songwriter originally from Kinsley, Kansas. He has scored several minor hits since the early 1990s. Johnston's songs are often about troubled loners, and cover topics like heartbreak, alienation and disappointment. Known for the craftsmanship of his songs, he has been described as a "songwriter's songwriter." more »

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