I Must Belong Somewhere (Companion Version)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Leave the bright blue door on the whitewashed wall Leave the death ledger under City Hall Leave the joyful air in that rubber ball today [Verse 2] Just leave the lilac print on the linen sheet Leave the bird you killed at your father's feet Let the sideways rain in the crooked street remain [Chorus] 'Cause everything it must belong somewhere Therе's a train off in the distance, a bicycle chainеd to the stairs Everything it must belong somewhere I know that now, that's why I'm staying here [Verse 3] Leave the ocean's roar in the turquoise shell Leave the widower in his private hell Leave the liberty in that broken bell today [Verse 4] Just leave the epic poem on its yellowed page Leave the gray macaw in his covered cage Let the traveling band on the interstate remain [Chorus] 'Cause everything it must belong somewhere Sound stage in California, televisions in Times Square Yeah, everything it must belong somewhere I know that now, that's why I'm staying here Yeah, I know that now, that's why I'm staying here [Bridge] In truth the forest hears each sound Each blade of grass as it lies down The world requires no audience No witnesses, no witnesses [Verse 5] Just leave the novelist in his daydream tomb Leave the scientist in her Rubik's cube Leave the true genius in their padded room today [Verse 6] Just leave the hot, white trash in the shopping malls Leave the hawks of war in their capitols Let the organ's moan in the cathedral remain [Chorus] 'Cause everything it must belong somewhere They locked the Devil in the basement, threw God up into the air Yeah, everything it must belong somewhere I know it's true, I wish you'd leave me here Yes, you know it's true, why don't you leave me here?