You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me 
And that's what made me see where I was going wrong 
You put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself 
I can only blame myself, you can only blame me 
And I could write a song a hundred miles long 
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me 
And I could write it down or spread it all around 
Get lost and then get found or swallowed in the sea 

You put me on a line and hung me out to dry 
Darling that's when I decided to go to see you 
You cut me down to size and opened up my eyes 
Made me realize what I could not see 

And I could write a book, the one they'll say that shook the world 
And then it took, it took it back from me 
And I could write it down and spread it all around 
Get lost and then get found and you'll come back to me 
Not swallowed in the sea 

Oohhhhh Ahhhhhh 

And I could write a song a hundred miles long 
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me 
The streets you’re walking on, a thousand houses long 
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me 
Oh what good is it to live with nothing left to give 
Forget but not forgive, not loving all you see 
Oh the streets you're walking on a thousand houses long 
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me 
Not swallowed in the sea 

You belong with me, not swallowed in the sea 
Yeah you belong with me 

Not swallowed in the sea