[Verse 1]
You said that I wasn't pretty
So I just believed you
And you said that I wasn't special
So I lived that way
With critical gazes and brutal amazement
And how my reflection could be so imperfect
With all of my blemishes
How could somebody want me?

[Chorus]
But God loves ugly
He doesn't see the way I see
Oh God takes ugly
And turns it into something that is beautiful
Apparently I'm beautiful
'Cause you love me
Whoa, oh, oh

[Verse 2]
I tried to clean up the outside
All shiny and new
Worked over time to thin up and look right
But inside I knew
That deep in the bottom were secrets
I thought I could try to ignore
Old ghosts in my corridors
Never get tired of haunting the past that's in me
[Chorus]
But God loves ugly
He doesn't see the way I see
Oh God takes ugly
And turns it into something that is beautiful
Apparently I'm beautiful
'Cause you love me

[Bridge]
Help me believe why you love me
When I know you see
You see everything
Help me believe why you love me
When I know you see
Inside and you still say I'm beautiful

[Outro]
You're telling me I'm beautiful
You're screaming out I'm so beautiful
And I'm finding out I'm beautiful
You're making me so beautiful
And I can see I'm beautiful
'Cause you love me
Whoa, oh, oh