[Intro]
     

[Verse 1]
             
You're on the 

              
phone with you

              
r girlfriend, 

          
she's upset
              
She's going of

              
f about someth

             
ing that you s


aid
              
'Cause she doe

              
sn't get your 

           
humor like I d

o
             
I'm in the roo

              
m, it's a typi

             
cal Tuesday ni

ght
              
I'm listening 

              
to the kind of

              
 music she doe

      
sn't like
              
And she'll nev

              
er know your s

          
tory like I do

[Pre-Chorus]
            
But she wears 

              
short skirts, 


I wear T-shirt

s
             
She's cheer ca

          
ptain and I'm 

on the bleache

rs
            
Dreaming about

              
 the day when 

    
you wake up an

d find
              
That what you'

  
re looking for

 has been here

 the whole tim

e

[Chorus]
             
If you could s

ee that I'm th

e one who unde

rstands you
             
Been here all 

              
along, so why 

          
can't you see?
              
You belong wit

             
h me, you belo

        
ng with me

[Instrumental]


[Verse 2]
             
Walkin' the st

              
reets with you

              
 and your worn

      
 out jeans
              
I can't help t

              
hinking this i

              
s how it ought

    
 to be
              
Laughing on a 

              
park bench, th

            
inking to myse

lf

Hey, isn't this easy
             
And you've got

              
 a smile that 

              
could light up

             
 this whole to

wn
              
I haven't seen

              
 it in a while

              
 since she bro

         
ught you down

You say you're fine, I know you better than that

Hey, whatcha d

oing with a gi

rl like that

[Pre-Chorus]
            
She wears high

        
 heels, I wear

 sneakers
             
She's cheer ca

          
ptain and I'm 

on the bleache

rs
            
Dreaming about

              
 the day when 

    
you wake up an

d find
              
That what you'

   
re looking for

 has been here

 the whole tim

e

[Chorus]
             
If you could s

ee that I'm th

e one who unde

rstands you
             
Been here all 

              
along, so why 

          
can't you see?
              
You belong wit

  
h me

Standing by an

d waiting at y

our back door
             
All this time 

              
how could you 

            
not know, baby
              
You belong wit

             
h me, you belo

         
ng with me

[Instrumental]
   

[Bridge]
              
Oh, I remember

     
 you drivin' t

o my house
       
In the middle 

of the night
        
I'm the one wh

o makes you la

ugh
         
When you know 

you're about t

o cry
  
I know your fa

vorite songs
        
And you tell m

e 'bout your d

reams
        
Think I know w

here you belon

g
        
Think I know i

t's with me

[Chorus]
          
Can't you see 

that I'm the o

ne who underst

ands you
             
Been here all 

              
along, so why 

          
can't you see?
              
You belong wit

  
h me

Standing by an

d waiting at y

our back door
             
All this time 

              
how could you 

            
not know, baby
              
You belong wit

             
h me, you belo

        
ng with me

[Outro]
              
You belong wit

  
h me
              
Have you ever 

              
thought just m

  
aybe
              
You belong wit

             
h me, you belo

        
ng with me