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

movin' 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

hoo-hoo-hoo

Touch me

take me to

that other place

teach me, ooh

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 colours 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...