everything comes back
i guess you could say its where its supposed to be
this is as much as i can say
but i guess ill have to do it anyway
please dont make me
have to tell it twice

keep on searching
youll find yourself
the right connections
the top rung

oh im not the one

like the elephants that play in the yard after we take our afternoon
like the ferns that part their lips so the lizards can go see the raccoons
red green yellow orange blue purple and turquoise
what a mud-luscious spring what a puddle-wonderful day

and ever since the darkness left the face of the deep
and god saw that the light was good
all us little living creatures swirling across the earth
and then it happened to us
it was always things like this for me
brought my thoughts to a dream
and it was things like this for you
behold it was very good

keep on searching
youll find yourself
the right connections
the top rung

oh im not the one

and heres where im supposed to paint some giant fresco over everything
and its supposed to tell the world what i am
and heres the spot where im supposed to fill in all that emptiness
and all i can do is just add more

what a beautiful wedding
oh what a trite thing to say
and i sure as hell have been down to ohio
but i never had to pay

if youve ever heard music for a large ensemble or thought about telephone lines or kept just watching yourself sink under everything you said was mine
youd know youd know
oh youd know youd know

everything comes back
i guess you could say its where its supposed to be
this is as much as i can say
but i guess ill have to do it anyway
please dont make me
have to tell it twice
you went away
from my window

dont think any of this
is because of us
dont think any of this
is because of us

oh im not the one

like the sky that lights the way for the day as it trickles by the loon
like the earth that lets those monkeys look at so many different colors under the moon
red green yellow orange blue purple and turquoise
what a mud-luscious spring what a puddle-wonderful day

but oh we really should have known
that it must soon take place
cuz when you showed me the river of the water of life
it truly was bright as a crystal
and then when it was shown to me
what you never would have done
well there was nothing left for me to say
oh surely he soon must come

dont think any of this
is because of us
dont think any of this
is because of us

oh im not the one