The heart is a bloom

Shoots up through the stony ground

There's no room

No space to rent in this town



You're out of luck

And the reason that you had to care

The traffic is stuck

And you're not moving anywhere



You thought you'd found a friend

To take you out of this place

Someone you could lend a hand

In return for grace



It's a beautiful day

Sky falls, you feel like

It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away



You're on the road

But you've got no destination

You're in the mud

In the maze of her imagination



You love this town

Even if that doesn't ring true

You've been all over

And it's been all over you



It's a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

It's a beautiful day



Touch me

Take me to that other place

Teach me

I know I'm not a hopeless case



See the world in green and blue

See China right in front of you

See the canyons broken by cloud

See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out

See the Bedouin fires at night

See the oil fields at first light

And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth

After the flood all the colors came out



It was a beautiful day

Don't let it get away

Beautiful day



Touch me

Take me to that other place

Reach me

I know I'm not a hopeless case



What you don't have you don't need it now

What you don't know you can feel it somehow

What you don't have you don't need it now

Don't need it now

Was a beautiful day