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 {{Infobox song
 | Name     = Almost Beautiful
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+| Cover    = Riverscuomo alonexiii.jpg
 | Type     = demo
 | Artist   = Rivers Cuomo
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 | Writer   = [[Rivers Cuomo]]
 | Released = [[October 18]], [[2021]]
-| Recorded =
+| Recorded = [[2016]]—[[2017]]
 | Label    =
 | Producer =
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 "'''Almost Beautiful'''" is a demo by [[Rivers Cuomo]]. The demo was released as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]'' on [[October 18]], [[2021]].
 ==Overview==
+The lyrics to version 4 of "Almost Beautiful" likely reference the Sheraton Commander hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near where Cuomo attended Harvard. Similar lyrics appeared in the [[Weezer]] song "[[Sheraton Commander]]" from the EP ''[[SZNZ: Winter]]'' in [[2022]].
+==Known recordings==
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Almost Beautiful|Almost Beautiful&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 AO @ 109 -1.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||1:10|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Almost Beautiful|Almost Beautiful&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2 AO @ 109 -1.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||1:10|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Almost Beautiful|Almost Beautiful&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4 verse melo @ 109.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||2:29|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Almost Beautiful|Almost Beautiful&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5 verse melo @109 +0.mp3|[[2016]]—[[2017]]||2:20|''[[Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
 ==Lyrics==
-===Almost Beautiful #5===
+{{Lyric box|
-<poem>Mommy loved us, daddy tried
+===Almost Beautiful (ver. 1)===
-Yeah, we've had some good luck
+<poem>We're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
-We're a seven outta ten
+Give it up, give it up
+'Cause I love the rain
+Live it up, live it up
+'Cause I feel no pain
+I be cryin' a hundred tears
+Cryin', cryin' a hundred tears for you
+I be cryin' a hundred tears
+Cryin', cryin' a hundred tears for you
+Don't leave me, no
+Don't go away
+Don't leave me, no
+Don't go away
+We're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
+We're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
+Yes and no
+We do, we don't
+I'm holding on
+You're letting go</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
+===Almost Beautiful (ver. 4)===
+<poem>It doesn't hurt much anymore
+I remember these streets
+I thought the hotel ...
+No one recognized me
+I used to want to be here
+Be here, be here so bad
+I don't know why I love it so
+Walk across the bridge
+'Cause we're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
+'Cause we're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
+Yes and no
+We do, we don't
+I'm holding on
+You're letting go
+'Cause we're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
+It doesn't hurt much anymore
+I remember these streets
+I thought the hotel ...
+No one recognized me
+I used to want to be here
+Be here, be here so bad
+I don't know why I love it so
+Walk across the bridge
+'Cause we're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
+'Cause we're almost beautiful, oh-whoa
+Yes and no
+We do, we don't
+I'm holding on
+You're letting go
+'Cause we're almost beautiful, oh-whoa</poem>}}{{Lyric box|
+===Almost Beautiful (ver. 5)===
+<poem>Mommy loved us, Daddy tried
+Yeah, we had some good luck
+We're a seven out of ten
 We're a decent backup
-I know it hurts so bad, it hurts so bad
+I know it hurts so bad
-I know
+It hurts so bad, I know
-Put your chin up
+But put your chin up, show a smile
-Show a smile
+And try the best that you can
-Try the best that you can
-We're almost beautiful
+'Cause we're almost beautiful
 We're almost, almost beautiful
 We're almost beautiful
 We're almost, almost, almost
-Give it up, give it up, cause I love the rain
+Give it up, give it up
-Give it up, give it up, cause I feel no pain
+'Cause I love the rain
-We're almost beautiful
+Give it up, give it up
+'Cause I feel no pain
+'Cause we're almost beautiful
 We're almost, almost beautiful
-All our old friend think we're coo'
+All our old friends think we're cool
-If they're thinkin' at all
+If they're thinking at all
-People get old, ???
+People get old, move along
-???
+??? dropping the ball
-It's a lonely life, it's a lonely life
+It's a lonely life
-But so what?
+It's a lonely life, but so what?
 On the bright side, look at us
-Have we ever ???
+Have we ...
-</poem>
+'Cause we're almost beautiful
+We're almost, almost beautiful
+We're almost beautiful
+We're almost, almost, almost
+Give it up, give it up
+'Cause I love the rain
+Give it up, give it up
+'Cause I feel no pain
+'Cause we're almost beautiful
+We're almost, almost beautiful
+</poem>}}
 ==See also==
 *[[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 [[Category:Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 [[Category:Songs on Alone XIII: The Pacific Daydream Years]]