[ti:Where You Been]
[ar:Carrie Newcomer]
[al:The Geography Of Light]
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[00:00.47]He was driving into Chicago in a borrowed El Camino
[00:06.92]
[00:07.97]On a hazeless day in springtime
[00:10.49]I think it was the Cinco De Mayo
[00:14.46]
[00:16.21]Maybe it was St Paddy's or the Gay Pride parade
[00:21.26]But I've never seen nobody light up the street that way
[00:28.31]Brother where you been
[00:31.71]Hold on if you can
[00:35.22]Just do your best then say "Amen"
[00:40.53]
[00:43.26]Called in sick for the weekend
[00:46.01]Drinking St Paulies in Wisconsin
[00:49.06]
[00:49.94]I was fishing with my buddies was a Sunday afternoon
[00:55.40]
[00:58.19]There beneath the halo of an Old Milwaukee sign
[01:03.39]He said "There's big ones in the shallows
[01:07.39]And I see them all the time"
[01:10.43]Brother where you been
[01:13.74]Hold on if you can
[01:17.28]Just do your best then say "Amen"
[01:22.23]
[01:24.81]I stopped in the Seven-Eleven
[01:27.99]
[01:28.55]I was buying an Aquafina
[01:31.88]He was wearing knock-off sneakers
[01:34.60]
[01:35.41]I was nursing a hangover
[01:38.19]
[01:38.75]He said "You're worth a whole alot more baby than
[01:42.38]You've ever dared to dream of"
[01:45.31]Like he knew the secret sketchy places
[01:49.50]
[01:50.16]I'd been looking for love
[01:52.36]Sister where you been
[01:55.86]Hold on if you can
[01:59.11]Just do your best then say "Amen"
[02:04.44]
[02:07.00]A tall skinny guy in dread locks said that
[02:10.10]They're giving out free bagels and lox
[02:14.60]I took the kids and all my plastic bags
[02:18.06]And walked the seven blocks
[02:20.20]
[02:21.10]There were joggers and commuters
[02:24.05]
[02:24.74]Skate board kids and Goths
[02:27.64]There were drunks and dogs
[02:29.77]And meter maids in that downtown vacant lot
[02:33.98]
[02:41.56]He said "The universe is unfolding
[02:45.00]
[02:46.34]The center still is holding
[02:48.33]
[02:49.05]There's enough if we just share it
[02:51.32]Now y'all don't forget to pass the basket"
[02:55.90]
[02:57.36]Blessed are the good hearted
[02:58.94]
[02:59.89]The poets and the dreamers
[03:02.49]And all us crazy holy hungry ones who
[03:06.52]Still believe in something better
[03:09.61]Brother where you been
[03:12.93]Hold on if you can
[03:16.40]Just do your best then say "Amen"
[03:21.60]
[03:23.82]I saw Jesus talking shop with Buddha at Starbucks
[03:30.70]I saw Gaea and Ganesh doing double Dutch in the park
[03:37.26]
[03:39.19]Mohammad was throwing popcorn
[03:41.51]To the pigeons and the sparrows
[03:44.49]And all us crazy holy hungry
[03:47.49]Ones still believe in something better
[03:51.56]Brother where you been
[03:54.94]Hold on if you can
[03:58.27]Just do your best then say "Amen"
[04:03.98]
[04:05.53]Sister where you been
[04:08.99]Hold on if you can
[04:12.43]Just do your best then say "Amen"
[04:17.61]
[04:19.51]Say "Amen"
[04:20.90]
[04:22.89]Say "Amen"
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[04:25.47]Where You Been - Carrie Newcomer