Is there a time to be a beauty queen?

"Miss Sarajevo" - Bono (U2) & Luciano Pavarotti

Is there a time for keeping a distance?

A time to turn your eyes away?
Is there a time for keeping your head down,
For getting on with your day?

Is there a time for kohl and lipstick?
A time for cutting hair?
Is there a time for high street shopping
To find the right dress to wear?

Here she comes
Heads turn around
Here she comes
To take her crown

Is there a time to walk for cover?
A time for kiss and tell?
Is there a time for different colors,
Different names you find it hard to spell?

Is there a time for first communion?
A time for east 17?
Is there a time to turn the mecca?
Is there a time to be a beauty queen?

Here she comes
Beauty plays the crown
Here she comes
Surreal in her crown

Dici che il fiume
(You say that the river)
trova la via al mare
(finds the way to the sea)
E come il fiume
(And as the river)
giungerai a me
(you'll come to me)
Oltre i confini
(Beyond the borders)
e le terre assetate
(and the thirsty lands)
Dici che come fiume
(You say that as river)
come fiume
(As river)
L'amore giunger
(Love will come)
L'amore
(Love)
E non so pi pregare
(And I cannot pray anymore)
E nell'amore non so pi sperare
(And I cannot hope in love anymore)
E quell'amore non so pi aspettare
(And I cannot wait for love anymore)

Is there a time for tying ribbons?
A time for Christmas trees?
Is there a time for laying tables
When the night is set to freeze?