More Beautiful You

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Recorded by: Jonny Diaz

Lyrics

LITTLE GIRL FOURTEEN FLIPPING THROUGH A MAGAZINE
SAYS SHE WANTS TO LOOK THAT WAY
BUT HER HAIR ISN’T STRAIGHT HER BODY ISN’T FAKE
AND SHE’S ALWAYS FELT OVERWEIGHT

WELL LITTLE GIRL FOURTEEN I WISH THAT YOU COULD SEE
THAT BEAUTY IS WITHIN YOUR HEART
AND YOU WERE MADE WITH SUCH CARE YOUR SKIN YOUR BODY AND YOUR HAIR
ARE PERFECT JUST THE WAY THEY ARE

THERE COULD NEVER BE A MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU
DON’T BUY THE LIES DISGUISES AND HOOPS THEY MAKE YOU JUMP THROUGH
YOU WERE MADE TO FILL A PURPOSE THAT ONLY YOU COULD DO
SO THERE COULD NEVER BE A MORE BEAUTIFUL YOU

LITTLE GIRL TWENTY-ONE THE THINGS THAT YOU’VE ALREADY DONE
ANYTHING TO GET AHEAD
AND YOU SAY YOU’VE GOT A MAN BUT HE’S GOT ANOTHER PLAN
ONLY WANTS WHAT YOU WILL DO INSTEAD

WELL LITTLE GIRL TWENTY-ONE YOU NEVER THOUGHT THAT THIS WOULD COME
YOU STARVE YOURSELF TO PLAY THE PART
BUT I CAN PROMISE YOU THERE’S A MAN WHOSE LOVE IS TRUE
AND HE’LL TREAT YOU LIKE THE JEWEL YOU ARE

SO TURN AROUND YOU’RE NOT TOO FAR
TO BACK AWAY BE WHO YOU ARE
TO CHANGE YOUR PATH GO ANOTHER WAY
IT’S NOT TOO LATE YOU CAN BE SAVED
IF YOU FEEL DEPRESSED WITH PAST REGRETS
THE SHAMEFUL NIGHTS HOPE TO FORGETS
CAN DISAPPEAR THEY CAN ALL BE WASHED AWAY
BY THE ONE WHO’S STRONG CAN RIGHT YOUR WRONGS
CAN RID YOUR FEARS DRY ALL YOUR TEARS
AND CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THIS BIG WORLD
HE WILL TAKE YOUR DARK DISTORTED VIEW
AND WITH HIS LIGHT HE WILL SHOW YOU TRUTH
AND AGAIN YOU’LL SEE THROUGH THE EYES OF A LITTLE GIRL

Permalink | August 9th, 2009

49 Responses to “More Beautiful You”

  1. matt adams Says:
    August 11th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    this song is so awsome. it reminds me so much of my little girl she will turn 10 this mouth. think you so much for taking what I have wanted to say to her and putting it into a song. god bless you

  2. DOREEN AGUIAR Says:
    August 15th, 2009 at 12:09 am

    I heard this song on Klove this week and bought it so I could play it over and over to my 19 year old daughter. She’s so beautiful and doesn’t think she is like so many young and older women these days that think your supposed to look like a airbrushed model on the cover of a magazine. For lyrics like these to come from a young male artist as yourself is so awsome and truly a gift from God… So thank you Jonny Diaz and God bless you .

  3. Clean Cut Media Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

    Just wanted to thank you for this song.
    Just recently ran into your music!

    I highlighted your “More Beautiful You” song to my blog readers, hoping to carry the message as far as it will go.

    http://blog.cleancutmedia.com/music-video/more-beautiful-you-by-jonny-diaz

  4. Carol Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    This is the song I heard on the Fish (94.1 in Nashville) that so touched my heart after visiting my daddy. I hope you don’t mind that I’m quoting you on my Facebook.

    Thank you for blessing my day…

  5. krissy and amber Says:
    August 18th, 2009 at 9:46 pm

    this is such an awesome song, we love it so much. it’s really inspiring, we are actually going to sing it in church after we practice some. i’ve (krissy) been going through a lot lately, satan has been trying to keep me down, i lost a bestfriend/boyfriend of 2 1/2 years to drugs and it hurts me a lot. this song has helped me, because it makes me think of God’s plan for me and the future I have with a better man. I thank you so much for this song.

    God bless you, thank you again!

    love,

    krissy and amber

  6. Rachel Says:
    August 22nd, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    hi, this song is so amazing. It reminds me of…..well…..me. I have been used by guys…..well they tried.

  7. rebecca Says:
    August 25th, 2009 at 1:45 am

    hello (:
    i know im not fourteen or twenty one, but im fifteen.
    i guess i have whats called bdd (body dismorphic disorder) where i see myself a lot different than everyone else, and its so bad that it pretty much controls what i do, and is even the main reason i quit school last year. i heard the song more beautiful you, when i was listening to spirit 105.3, and reading my new bible.(: it really made me think of how i perceive myself, and how god made me to look like i do for a reason. it just really turned my perspective around about many things, and this song has helped me more than anything else any other person has ever said. i really love the song more beautiful you, thanks (:

  8. Tracy Says:
    August 25th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

    I was getting ready to go to my 25th class reunion this summer and feeling very insecure. I had been worrying about some extra weight I had gained, if I looked too fat, old and was my hair right at all? I am a mother of three daughters and in this world trying to be a good mom and attempt at a good role model, this was not one of my better moments. The evening of the reunion, I was in the shower, nervous about going or maybe even not going, and the song More Beautiful You came on Klove. I had quietly been praying about going and such, and this song caught me right in the throat. It was like the Lord stopped me in my shower and said
    “Hello?” Are you even aware how beautiful I think you are and there could never be a more beautiful you! Of course I sobbed.
    I cry everytime I hear this song, I love it! Thank you a song that reminds me everytime I hear it, that I am right now who God still intends me to be. I also, can say those words to my wonderful three daughters, 15, 10 and 9 that they are beautiful and they could never be more beautiful! :)

  9. Elizabeth Jose Says:
    August 31st, 2009 at 10:42 am

    I first heard this song on KLOVE, and loved it, now i have the song and listen to it over and over again.. .. it reminds us that God doesn’t love us b/c of our physical appearance like the world, but b/c of what we have in the inside.

  10. Emma Says:
    September 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 pm

    I think that this song is AMAZING!! it’s exactly what all little girls, and older girls need to be told, by their dads, moms, friends, everyone! There is so much bad influence in this world today, girls need to know that they dont have to be “perfect” (by the worlds standards) to be beautiful, but they need to know that they are beautiful exactly how they are. They dont need to starve themselves and change their appearance because it’s what they think the world expects. As a girl i know the struggles that girls face, it’s NOT EASY at all! I grew up with a dad that told me i was beautiful, but i have/had friends that didnt and i saw the effect that the world had on their lives. This song is a great reminder that God made each of us exactly how we are susposed to be whether that’s a size 2 or a size 14. Beauty isnt measured in what size you are, but it’s measured by your heart, and this song conveys that perfectly. So i would like to thank you with my whole heart for expressing the correct belief that every girl is beautiful no matter what size they are or what color their hair is if it’s curly or straight. So again i just want to thank you this song is amazing and it is one of my favorites of all time! May God bless, and i pray that you keep writing songs that effect people like this song has effected me!

  11. Nancy Says:
    September 5th, 2009 at 11:41 am

    Heard this song on XM radio last week and have passed th emessage along via email and Facebook link – anyone with a young lady in their life needs to share this message — thank you Jonny Diaz, it is simply beautiful!

  12. Alice Says:
    September 10th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    My mom and I listen to KLOVE and she had heard this song before me, but one time when we were in the care together and your song came on she turned it up really loud and said listen to this. Im fourteen and, well, thats how I feel about myself, to tell the truth. Your song really helps me. It makes me tear up about half the time. Thank you so much for this song. Coming from a guy is more than anything, because I’ve been called ugly/fat multiple times by guys. Thanks. :)

  13. Colleen Collins Says:
    September 12th, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    I love this song! :)

  14. Casey Says:
    September 18th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

    I absolutely love this song. I am 14 and when I heard this, I was shocked. I thought how could a guy read my mind. It is one of my favorite songs. I listen to it to remind me of my real beauty because I struggle with confidence issues. Your song gives me hope and the strength to face each and every day. Thank You so much.

  15. Terrie Says:
    September 21st, 2009 at 9:31 am

    I heard this song on KLOVE and thought it was great, but when my 13 year old son said I know aloy of girls that need to hear this song and take it to heart. May God bless you and your wife.
    Thank you!

  16. Jennifer Says:
    September 23rd, 2009 at 9:41 am

    Jonny, Thank you so much for letting God into your heart and putting this song out there!! I wish there was a song like this around when I was a teen. I pray this song reaches anyone who needs it at that moment of weakness/sadness and that God will lift them out of it.
    God Bless and Thanks again!

  17. Connie Says:
    September 30th, 2009 at 11:04 am

    I love this song I am 33years old and lately I have been struggling with not feeling so good about myself not feeling as beautiful anymore but when I heard this song it just really spoke out to me and I have made it a point to tell my 11 and 4 year old daughters that there could never be a more beautiful you. Thanks so much for this beautiful song……..

  18. alexis Says:
    October 1st, 2009 at 11:06 am

    I really love this song, I had heard it on the christian radio station but I would only hear the chorus and was trying to find who was the artist and what was the title of the song now I know totally love this song . Jonny Diaz you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. Allison Says:
    October 3rd, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Myself, along with a few other Christian women, mentor middle school girls. I am printing the lyrics of your song today to share with the other leaders for our planning meeting on Monday. These girls are going to read/hear the song, too. It will work perfectly for our self-image session. Thank you!!

  20. CrissiJean Says:
    October 18th, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this song, Jonny. I can’t tell you what this song did for me–It literally changed the way I look at myself. I am fourteen, and I’ve always struggled with hating myself and how I look, because I don’t look like those skinny, beautiful models in magazines. I know now that I can’t compare myself to those people, because even they don’t look like that in real life. This is the best song I’ve ever heard, and I’ve shared it with all my best friends, and they agree with me. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!

  21. Joni Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 7:39 am

    Thank you for being a young male and letting God lead you to share such a perfect song. I love it and have 3 daughters of my own (7, 4, 2) and I just want to engrave this in their minds before they begin to believe they are NOT beautiful as the world will teach them. You are changing lives by putting into music a message God needed the world to hear. Thank you!!!!!!!

  22. Angel Says:
    October 20th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Being a single mother of three kids at the age of 23 has been hard. But the hardest thing has been that I have been in a marriage to where my ex husband told me I was ugly and fat brought my sef esteem down to an all time low. But I’ve been hearing this song over and over and I tell myself that God doesn’t see that. And I want to thank you for letting God work through you to present this song to remind us that it’s all about God and not what others think about you. Good job and keep it up.

  23. aria Says:
    October 22nd, 2009 at 7:45 pm

    i’ve struggled with self image stuff since as long as i can remember. i have done quite a few things to try and change the way a look and make myself more “beautiful”. when i heard this song on K-love it really touched me. the lyrics that say “there can never be a more beautiful you, don’t buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through, you were made to fill a purpose that ONLY YOU can do…” specifically spoke to me. thank you for allowing God to use you to share this amazing message. i think God gave you a chance to really show us His heart for this type of thing. thanks. [:

    God bless!

  24. Emily Says:
    October 26th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I just wanted to let you know that you are such a brilliant mouthpiece for God! I am in recovery of an eating disorder. On particularly difficult days, I play your song over and over. Thank you and God bless your heart!

    Emily

  25. Alex K> Says:
    November 2nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    hey jonny,
    i am 13 almost 14 yr old girl. i had a lot of struggles w/ self conciousness at school and when i heard your song for the first time i reallly liked it. the next day at school, one of the girls at school, that i thought hated me, said to me that she was really sorry for the things that she said about me and that she was just jealous that she ‘isnt that pretty’(which she is beautiful) but that just felt like something from god because i had just heard your song the night before! i taped thje lyrics to my binder and ppl have come to school singing that song after they saw the lyrics off of my binder! thx sooo much! your song has gotten me more friends and has taken a lot of weight off of my shoulders!!!

  26. Kay Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 4:21 pm

    Hi Jonny-
    It was nice to meet you at Connexions today. I really appreciate this song as a mother and also as a woman who is involved in our youth programming at our church. Too often, the worlds values try to dictate to our youth what is important.
    Thanks

  27. Marie Says:
    November 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    When I heard this song on 89.7 WMHK I had to pull over because I was crying so hard. I am 24 years old. I have been battling an eating disorder since I was 15 years old. I do okay for a while then I will relapse. I have been relapsing now for about 2 weeks. My husband na dI have been having problems. This song has really hit home with me. It opened my eyes and heart. Thank you for such an amazing song that has been such an influence. God Bless!!

  28. coneishia Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    I really love this song is I think it help people know that God love’s them no matter what.So all you people out there feeling sad and unhappy keep your head up God love you no matter what you done.

  29. Sarah Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 11:01 pm

    thank you SO MUCH! im 14 and this really hit home. so many people are obsessed with how they look, matching, looking pretty, impressing the biys, but it all really doesnt matter. God made us just the way he wanted us and He thinks were beautiful and thats all that really matters.

  30. Ashley(17) Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    This song will forever be in my heart. Not only is its message beautiful but it holds great signficance in my life. My boyfriend sent me this song and whenever it comes on the radio he will tell me and if im with him he will sing it to me. The second verse is the one he told me never to forget. He will even randomly send text messages to me saying there could never be a more beautiful you. This song has made our relationship even stronger with eachother and with God. So thank you for this song and how its something that makes he and i’s relationship even more special!

  31. Ra'Chel Says:
    November 28th, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    When did you write this song “More Beautiful You”

  32. Yolanda Says:
    December 1st, 2009 at 11:54 am

    I work at a high school and I teach a cooking class at the afterschool program. I thank God for taking me there. It has been a blessing for me and them. This song remindes me of how I felt at that age and all we go through. I have been blessed and lead 16 students to there selvation. They now see that they are BEAUTIFUL!! That God made them just the way he wanted to and God made them perficte. Through there salvation they are now beautiful inside and out. They know and belive that! So I thank you for writting songs like this to let them know how great they really are.

  33. Orianna Says:
    December 2nd, 2009 at 3:59 pm

    I really wish every guy thought like this! It seems like all guys care about is that their wife or girlfriend looks like a model! Hearing this from a Godly man really makes me feel great. I am married and hope someday my husband would think like this. This song was truly a gift from God!! Thank you!

  34. Chelsea Says:
    December 5th, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    This guy has nonstop sexually harassed me through texting. I made friends with him and I thought he was nice. 2 years after we became friends, last year in other words, he started messaging me on facebook, telling me sexual stuff, and then it progressed to texting. He tried nonstop to get me to have sex with him, or phone sex, anything sexual. It got even worse. He told me he’d love to hold me down. He also said he’d force me to do stuff.

    I heard this song, and about broke down into tears. This guy for a year now has made me feel like I don’t deserve better. But this song made me realize I am better than that. That God can take me and make me new again. I will never be able to express how much this song has helped me. Everytime I get depressed and scared and upset because of what this guy did to me, this song builds me back up.

    So, thank you. From the bottom of my heart.

  35. Jennifer A Says:
    December 20th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    Thank you so much for this song. I am going to print the words and frame them for my 13 year old daughter, and get her the CD for Christmas. It is such a true and powerful message for girls of all ages, especially the young girls who are struggling with low self esteem.

  36. Alana M Says:
    January 5th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

    A few days from my fifteenth birthday I was actually flipping through a magizine and listening to my local Christian radio station, when I first heard this song. and it gave me strength and courage to go to school the next day… to live longer. i had been planning to commit suicide later that night and thanks to you i’m still here.

    I am so greatful to you.

  37. Jennifer Says:
    January 11th, 2010 at 4:21 pm

    I am 26, and I actually did attempt to commit suicide. Alana- if you come back to this site, I don’t know you or your situation, but I can certainly say that it is not worth it. I know sometimes you think it is, I was there. I really didn’t think so many people cared for me. In fact, I am starting to cry as I write this. So many people love you. God included. Don’t be afraid to call and ask for help. Call 911 or look in the phone book for a suicide hotline.

    As for me, I actually heard this song while I was in a mental health facility after my suicide attempt. One of the other patients put the radio onto a local Christial radio station, SOS, while we were in gym. What an experience. I heard this song and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Thank you for writing it. The last verse was especially touching to me. “It’s not too late to back away be who you are” is pretty much my current life motto. Thanks, more than words can ever say for helping me to see more clearly. I haven’t yet worked up the courage to attend church, but I have been praying and reading my bible. This song spoke to me when I needed it the most and reminded me that there is at least one who will always love me, always think I’m beautiful. Thanks for reminding me that He loves me.

  38. Mackenzie L Says:
    February 9th, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    I love this song ! It has helped me so much ! I first ran across it loking online at Susie Magazine . I looked and saw that there was a contest being held and I just looked at it . I seen the lyrics of the song and I heard it playing and I cried . I thought , that is me . Most of the time I don’t think I’m pretty .I have Alopecia Areata ( which is hairloss ) and I don’t feel pretty because I’m losing my hair . And I’m not thin . But that song has showed me that God thinks I’m the most beautiful thing ever ! So thank you Jonny !

  39. Ana Says:
    February 12th, 2010 at 11:04 am

    I am 11.5 years old and am a beautiful little girl. To be honest, I used to care about appearance and tried to get the others to be more beautiful but now since this song “There can never be a more beautiful you” my attitude towards how people look changed from a “You have to do this” or “You have to do that” to be beautiful.

  40. Kay Says:
    February 12th, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    I fall to the floor sobbing when I hear this – I’ve had all forms of eating disorders since a step-mother began measuring me with a fabric tape measurer at about age 6-7. I am 35. I still suffer, I’ve been to endless treatment centers doing endless procedures and tests, and prescribing endless pills. I still hate me.

  41. leighann Says:
    March 2nd, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    hey i love your song and i do iceskating lessons and i have a compitision coming up so im going 2 skate 2 ur song my name iz leighann and im 12 almost 13 oh and i dont care if u email me cuz i loooooooooooooooooooooove u =]

    god bless u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  42. Renee Says:
    March 8th, 2010 at 9:24 am

    I know most people think of this song as only being of help to young girls or women. I want to say though, that it’s helped an 8 year old little boy with Autism too.

    My son is autistic and struggles with his own doubts in God on account of his “being weird” (as he puts it). He has some rather strong autistic traits; although he’s astute enough to realize he’s different from the other kids in school. He’s often told by them that he’s “weird” and has suffered socially on account of the disability.

    We were having a discussion recently about his doubt and “weird” feelings in relation to God and “Boo’s” desire for God to change him. He was playing on the computer when this song came on the radio. I went and got him and told him to listen to the words. Dispite the Autism – “you were made to fill a purpose that only you can do – so there can never be a more beautiful you!”

    A few days later, we were on our way to church when this song came on the radio again. “Boo” was back there “chair dancing” in his car seat – with a great big grin on his face.

    So, I thank God Jonny that you wrote this song and put in out there. I bet you never thought you’d get the mother of an autistic boy writing you about this song! God works in mysterious ways though; you never know who your music may touch and for what reason!

  43. Anonymous Says:
    March 17th, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    god brought my binge eating disorder to my attention in april of last year. i began to blog and tell my friends about my struggle. my friend mindy-a new christian-read my blogs and posted the music video for the song on my facebook wall. she texted me and said, “get on facebook. there is a song you need to hear.” it was the first time i had ever heard of you jonny…what a beautiful voice and a powerful song. i must have listened to it at least 10 times before i was able to sing it without crying. i am a singer/songwriter and i have created a sort of “recovery playlist” on my ipod. this song is on it. i can’t tell you how many times this song has given me the courage to keep going toward recovery. i have honestly lost count. i posted the video link on the forum of an eating disorders support group i’m in. it has touched so many lives. i will never be able to repay you or say thank you enough. it’s amazing how god can use one song in such a way that it brings healing. i’m hooked on your music. can’t wait to hear more. keep writing your beautiful songs, and god bless!

  44. Kirsten Says:
    March 25th, 2010 at 12:06 pm

    I love this song, i just heard it for the first time last week :)

    I’m 14 and it relates to my life soooo much :) God Bless x

  45. Shawn Boreta Says:
    March 30th, 2010 at 11:16 am

    Love the song. It will be a part of my book (excerpt attached); a chapter called “In the Mirror – Who’s Child”. Thanks for the inspiration.

    Bless you.

  46. Chelsi Says:
    April 10th, 2010 at 12:56 am

    Thank you for this song so much. When I first heard this song, I was 14. I have been struggling with an eating disorder for the past year and a half. I am on my way to recovery, but it is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.

    When I first heard this song, I heard it twice. My old camp counselor, now best friend, was conserned. I had opened up to her about my eating disroder and had spent the whole morning with her. Upon dropping me off at my church, she played this song for me. She told me to LISTEN to the lyrics with all that I had. I had tears in my eyes as I listened to this song.

    I had an event at my church’s youth group that day. They had a special guest speaker, too. She had competed in the Miss America contest a few years back. She didn’t have an eating disorder, but she knew many, from the contest, who did.”More Beautiful You” was played for us all to hear- it hit me so hard. I sat and cried for about 10 minutes before I could even move. She stessed that in God’s eyes, everyone was beautiful. She wrote something down on a piece of paper, and the proceded to burn it. She instructed us to do the same. I wrote down “self image.” I watched the paper burn through my teary until there was nothing left but ashes.

    After that day I knew I HAD to get well again. This illness was destroying my life. The days went on, and for awhile, I tried. But then it got tough again, and I quit trying. I went back to the same old ways and I got worse. I was at my absolutle worst in Feburary but I agreed to go to counseling, despite the fact I wasn’t going to try.

    One day I was listening to music, and your song was played. It broke my heart because I knew what I was doing was so wrong. Since then, I’ve started to get better, this time, it’s for real. I’ve been in recovery for a little over a month, and when I have a bad day and I want to stop trying, I play your song and it pushes me to try harder.

    Thank you so much for this song.
    God Bless you!

  47. Brenda1984 Says:
    April 20th, 2010 at 12:40 am

    Kinda eery that i’d never heard this song before, and I was in a really discouraged mood, crying and driving, when I put on the radio, and this song was on. It really touched my heart in exactly the place I needed, and I cried even more. So I got home and just looked it up now. Thank you so much for this great song. I think God wanted me to hear it.

  48. Marni Says:
    April 24th, 2010 at 9:54 am

    This song should be mandatory listening for anyone ever born female! The “Beauty Myth” dominates our lives from the cradle to the grave. Girls and women of all ages suffer every day hating themselves for being themselves and not society’s current standard of beauty – which as you have shown does not exist. I have a picture of myself when I was ten that I cherish because I know it was one of the last times I saw the world and myself through the eyes of a little girl. A few months later I was informed that I was “fat” and started starving myself for the first time. After 30 painful years, I have retired from my full-time job of self hatred and I want to thank you for your song that helps me continue to accept myself every day just as God made me and intended me to be. Thanks Jonny!

  49. Marni Says:
    May 2nd, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    Hey! If you are doing any shows on or before May 6th – it is International No Diet day! I will be encouraging my high school students to listen to your song “A More Beautiful You” on that day – and every day! Thanks!!!!

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