Lyrics
[Verse 1] You found a blue button Under the old back seat Kept it in your pocket Like a promise meant to keep At the corner mailbox A letter waited there No name upon the envelope Just a line of careful squares [Chorus] Somewhere, someone knows Where the missing pieces go Through a tailor's window Past the houses painted yellow You can leave a little sign For a stranger to find And the world turns quietly When two small things agree [Verse 2] On Tuesday after sunset You pinned it to the gate Beside a child's red mitten And a key without a place By Thursday came a postcard With a sketch of folded thread A woman from the next block wrote She'd lost it years ago instead [Chorus] Somewhere, someone knows Where the missing pieces go Through a tailor's window Past the houses painted yellow You can leave a little sign For a stranger to find And the world turns quietly When two small things agree [Bridge] She said, "I wore that button On the coat my father made" You smiled and held the postcard While the evening changed its shade No grand and shining answer No trumpet in the air Just one blue bit of yesterday Returned to someone there [Outro] You found a blue button And gave it back with care Now every little lost thing Feels welcome anywhere
