The heart is a bloom, 
Shoots up through the stony ground 
But 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 can lend a hand 
In return for grace 
It's a beautiful day 
The sky falls 
And 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 it doesn't ring [bad word] 
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 the 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.