The Best Of 1990-2000

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 could lend a hand in return for grace
It's a beautiful day. (day . . .)
The sky falls, and you feel like
it's a beautiful day. (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 (day . . .)
don't let it get away
It's a beautiful day. (day . . .)
hoo . . hoo . . . hoo
Touch me
take me to that other place
Teach me . . . oh
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
(day . . .)
It was a beautiful day (day . . .)
don't let it get away
Beautiful day (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 . . .
[It] Was a beautiful day

Haven't seen you in quite a while
I was down the hold,just passing time
Last time we met it was a low-lit room
We were as close together as bride and groom
We ate the food,we drank the wine
Everybody having a good time
Except you
You were talking about the end of the world

I took the money,I spiked your drink
You miss too much these days if you stop to think
You led me on with those innocent eyes
And you know I love the element of surprise
In rthe garden I was playing the tart
I kissed your lips and broke your heart
You,you were acting like it was the end of the world

In my dream I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they learned to swim
surrounding me,going down on me
spilling over the brim
In waves of regret,waves of joy
I reached out for the one I tried to destroy
You,you said you'd wait until the end of the world