Yeah, everything must belong somewhere
Oh, I know that now, that's why I'm staying here
Leave the widower in his private hell
Leave the ocean's roar in that turquoise shell
Leave the dead starlet on her pedestal
Leave the worried look on your lover's face
Let the organs moan in the cathedral remain
No witnesses, no witnesses
Leave the gray macaw in his covered cage
In truth, the forest hears each sound
I know that now, that's why I'm staying here
Leave the homeless man, out in that cardboard cell
Leave the bird you killed at your father's feet
Leave the poor, black child in his crumbling school today
Sound-stage in California, televisions in Times Square, yeah
You know it's true, I wish you'd leave me here
A train, off in the distance, bicycle chained to the stairs
Just leave the hot white-trash in their shopping malls
Leave those bad ideas in your troubled head today
Just leave the lilac print on the linen sheet
Let the orange embers in the fireplace remain
'Cause everything, it must belong somewhere
Leave the liberty in that broken bell today
Leave the slot machines on the riverboat
The world requires no audience
Leave the autumn leaves in that swimming pool
Leave the garden tools in the rusted shed
Leave the secret talks on the trundle bed
Leave the old town drunk on his wooden stool
Just like the gold around your finger or the silver in his hair
Leave the hawks of war in their capitals
Leave the horse's hair on the slanted bow
Let the sideways rain in the crooked street remain
Everything, it must belong somewhere
I know that now, that's why I'm staying here
'Cause everything, it must belong somewhere
Leave the novelist in his daydream tune
Yeah, everything must belong somewhere
Oh, I know that now, that's why I'm staying here
Let the traveling band on the interstate remain
'Cause everything, it must belong somewhere
Just leave the restless ghost in his old hotel
They lock the devil in the basement, threw God up into the air
Leave the acid kids in their green fishbowls today
Leave the whimpering dog in his cold kennel
Let the true genius in the padded room remain
Let the painted horse on the carousel remain
And I know that now, that's why I'm staying here
Everything, it must belong somewhere
Leave the scientist in her Rubik's cube
Just leave the epic poem on its yellowed page
Leave the cauliflower in the casserole today
'Cause everything, it must belong somewhere
Leave the joyful air in that rubber ball today
Each blade of grass as it lies down
Leave the sad guitar in its hard-shell case
