Beautiful Day is a song by the band U2, released as the first single from their album All That You Cant Leave Behind in 2000. The song was inspired by a beautiful day that lead singer Bono witnessed in Dublin. It reflects on finding joy in small things and overcoming tough times through optimism.
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The heart is a bloom Shoots up through the stony ground
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There's no room No space to rent in this town
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You're out of luck And the reason that you had to care
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The traffic is stuck And you're not mo_ving anywhere
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You thought you'd found a friend To take you out of this place
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Someone you could lend a hand In return for grace
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It's a beautiful day Sky falls, you feel like
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It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away
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You're on the road But you've got no destination
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You're in the mud In the maze of her imagina_tion
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You love this town Even if that doesn't ring true
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You've been all over And it's been all over you
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It's a beautiful day Don't let it get away
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It's a beautiful day
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Touch me Take me to that other place
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Teach me I know I'm not a hopeless case
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See the world in green and blue See China right in front of you
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See the canyons broken by cloud See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
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See the Bedouin fires at night See the oil fields at first light and
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See the bird with a leaf in her mouth after the flood all the colors came out