歌曲简介
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)是约翰列侬生前最后一张专辑《double fantasy》中收录的一首歌曲。
这首歌和Watching the Wheels共同发行为了AB面单曲，这首歌也成为了约翰列侬传唱度最高的歌曲之一。
这首歌也是列侬写给自己小儿子的歌曲，Beautiful Boy和Darling Boy就是指的sean lennon。
创作背景
这首歌是约翰列侬为小儿子sean lennon创作的，当时他只有五岁，还是一个整天跟着母亲小野洋子的孩子。
这首歌的内容据推测应该是sean做了一个噩梦，列侬安慰她的儿子：“怪兽已经走了，你爸爸就在这。”
后来转为了列侬对自己的儿子表达了深切的爱意，最后的高潮部分是列侬不断吟唱：“漂亮男孩……亲爱的西恩（sean）!”
结尾的时候可以听到列侬耳语道：“"Good night, Sean. See you in the morning. Right again！”（晚安，西恩！明早见！对！”让人感到浓浓的生活气息。这句话和 Ringo Starr在white album专辑中最后一首歌good night唱到的“大家晚安，所有地方，所有事物……”。而good night正是列侬给自己的大儿子Julian Lennon写的。
歌词
Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monster's gone
He's on the run and your daddy's here
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient
'Cause it's a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it's a long way to go
But in the meantime
Before you cross the street
Take my hand
Life is what happens to you
While you're busy making other plans
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Out on the ocean sailing away
I can hardly wait
To see you come of age
But I guess we'll both just have to be patient
'Cause it's a long way to go
A hard row to hoe
Yes it's a long way to go
But in the meantime
Before you go to sleep
Say a little prayer
Every day in every way
It's getting better and better
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
Beautiful boy
Darling, darling, darling
Darling Sean
评价
保罗·麦卡特尼评价这首歌为约翰列侬最好的歌曲。
席琳迪翁版本
席琳迪翁在2004年翻唱了这首歌，发行在Miracle专辑中，并且在北美和欧洲部分地区作为首发单曲。
这首歌在美国单曲榜位列#18，在加拿大位列#32。
这个版本把最后一句唱词：“darling sean”去掉了。
